[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.

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1840.  J. T. Hewlett, P. Priggins, xvii. Balamson and Drinkwater … though it certainly was a ‘shave,’ got their testamurs.

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1860.  J. Bateman, D. Wilson, I. vii. 115. The result was a refusal to grant the required testamur.

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1863.  Dowding, Life & Corr. G. Calixtus, xxvii. 269. A format testamur from the leading Lutherans at the Congress.

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1897.  Escott, Soc. Transform. Vict. Age, xiv. 182. In the place of the ‘Smalls’ testamur … the special student was tested closely.

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