Confirmationnoun
An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
Confirmationnoun
A verification that something is true or has happened.
Confirmationnoun
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
Confirmationnoun
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Confirmationnoun
That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.
Confirmationnoun
A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.
Confirmationnoun
A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.
Confirmationnoun
additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;
Confirmationnoun
information that confirms or verifies
Confirmationnoun
making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;
Confirmationnoun
a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
Confirmationnoun
a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
Confirmation
In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands.
Confirmedverb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
Confirmedadjective
having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
Confirmedadjective
verified or ratified
Confirmedadjective
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
Confirmedadjective
of persons; not subject to change;
Confirmedadjective
having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation;
Confirmedadjective
having a habit of long standing;