[From the L. word testāmur we testify, used in the document, from testāri to testify.] In University use: A certificate from the examiners that a candidate has satisfied them. Also, A certificate generally.
1840. J. T. Hewlett, P. Priggins, xvii. Balamson and Drinkwater though it certainly was a shave, got their testamurs.
1860. J. Bateman, D. Wilson, I. vii. 115. The result was a refusal to grant the required testamur.
1863. Dowding, Life & Corr. G. Calixtus, xxvii. 269. A format testamur from the leading Lutherans at the Congress.
1897. Escott, Soc. Transform. Vict. Age, xiv. 182. In the place of the Smalls testamur the special student was tested closely.