-mony

1. Bitterness or harshness of temper, manner, or speech: Ina expresses her acrimonies with her neighbors with shouting and the stomping of her feet.
2. Emotional bitterness and angry feelings: Ted's dispute with his wife started again with increased acrimony. © ALL rights are reserved.

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1. A political domination; especially, the leadership of one state or country, a group of people or others in a group: There was a discussion about the national government's hegemony over their native community.
2. Etymology: from Greek, hegemonia from hegemon, "leader" from hegeisthai, "to lead".

1. Property inherited from one's father or ancestors: James received ownership of his patrimony's farm when he passed away.
2. Things from the past endowed to an institution, as a church: The historic landmarks are an important part of people's cultural patrimony.

1. A religious holiness of life and character.
2. A pretended, affected, or hypocritical holiness or saintliness.
3. Etymology or origin: from Latin sanctimonia, "holy." © ALL rights are reserved.

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1. Evidence given by a competent witness under oath or affirmation in a court of law; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings, and other sources.
2. Something that supports a fact or a claim.
3. A public profession of Christian faith or religious experience.

It is stated that under Roman law no man was admissible as a witness unless there was evidence or “witnesses” of one’s virility because only verified men were allowed to give witness, or to testify, in legal matters.

In common legal parlance, testimony and "evidence" are synonymous.

Testimony properly means only such evidence as is delivered by a witness on the trial of a cause either orally or in the form of affidavits or depositions.