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New Testament   /nu tˈɛstəmənt/   Listen
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New  adj.  (compar. newer; superl. newest)  
1.
Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife."
2.
Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
3.
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
4.
As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man. "Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life." "Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new."
5.
Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.
6.
Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed. "New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace."
7.
Fresh from anything; newly come. "New from her sickness to that northern air."
New birth. See under Birth.
New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian.
New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.
New land, land cleared and cultivated for the first time.
New light. (Zool.) See Crappie.
New moon.
(a)
The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible.
(b)
The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews.
New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.
New style. See Style.
New testament. See under Testament.
New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.
Synonyms: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.






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"New testament" Quotes from Famous Books



... below. For the last six weeks they had been living in Moscow, and were installed with their governess in the lower storey of the lodge. And three times a week a teacher from a school in the town, and a priest, came to give them lessons. Sasha was going through the New Testament and Lida was going through the Old. The time before Lida had been set the story up to ...
— The Darling and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... religion hold in the primitive family? What reference or allusion do we find in the Old Testament to the place of religion in the family (Deut. 6:7-9, 20-25)? What in the New Testament? ...
— Religious Education in the Family • Henry F. Cope

... of the "GOOD CHILD'S LIBRARY," is to encourage a taste for Scripture reading, by presenting some of the most interesting portions of the New Testament narrative, in the attractive form of verse. While the children read these verses, they will not only become acquainted with the principal events in the lives of our Blessed Saviour and His Apostles—their ...
— The Parables Of The Saviour - The Good Child's Library, Tenth Book • Anonymous

... three kingdoms," the astrologer resumed, pressing down the ashes of his pipe with his finger. "Of the Old Testament, that of the Father, the kingdom of fear. Of the New Testament, that of the Son, the kingdom of expiation. Of the Johannite Gospel, that of the Holy Ghost, the kingdom of redemption and love. They are the past, present and future; winter, spring and summer. The first, says ...
— La-bas • J. K. Huysmans

... of Sabbath morning worship drew on, and Elder Brewster read from the New Testament the whole story of the Nativity, and then gave a sort of Christmas homily from the words of St. Paul, in the eighth chapter of Romans, the sixth and seventh verses, which the Geneva ...
— Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas - of New England • Harriet Beecher Stowe


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