= a relatively large group of people with a common history or purpose

= an animate or inanimate object that functions as evidence or proof that something has taken place or that some decision has been made

= a stipulation accompanying, and as such bearing testimony to, a legal agreement such as a covenant

= a written version of the stipulations accompanying and bearing testimony to a covenant

literally: lily of testimony; hence, possibly: = a song to the tune of which one or more of the psalms were played or sung