Confirmation
11confirmation — c.1300, confyrmacyoun, the Church rite, from O.Fr. confirmacion (13c.) strengthening, confirmation; proof; ratification, from L. confirmationem (nom. confirmatio) a securing, establishing; an assurance, encouragement, noun of action from… …
12confirmation — Confirmation, Assertio, Confirmatio. Confirmation de sa demande par nouvelles allegations et dissolutions du dire de la partie adverse, Replicatio …
13Confirmation — Confirmation, in früherer Zeit die eigentliche Lossprechung eines Buchdruckerlehrlings …
14Confirmation — Confirmation, Bestätigung; bei Protestanten die kirchliche Handlung, welche die Firmung ersetzen sollte. Die C. gilt als Vorbereitungsmittel der protestant. Jugend (Confirmanden) für den erstmaligen Genuß des hl. Abendmahles, mit welchem… …
15confirmation — confirmation, paradoxes of …
16confirmation — [n] ratification, validation, proof acceptance, accepting, accord, admission, affirmation, affirming, agreement, approval, assent, attestation, authenticating, authentication, authorization, authorizing, avowal, consent, corroborating,… …
17confirmation — ► NOUN 1) the action of confirming or the state of being confirmed. 2) the rite at which a baptized person affirms their belief and is admitted as a full member of the Christian Church. 3) the Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah …
18confirmation — [kän΄fər mā′shən] n. [ME & OFr confirmacion < L confirmatio < pp. of confirmare] 1. a confirming or being confirmed; corroboration; ratification; verification 2. something that confirms or proves 3. a) a Christian ceremony variously viewed… …
19Confirmation — For other uses, see Confirmation (disambiguation). A bishop administering Confirmation. Rogier van der Weyden, The Seven Sacraments, 15th century. Confirmation is a rite of initiation in Christian churches, normally carried out through anointing… …
20Confirmation — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Confirmation (homonymie). Cet article a pour sujet le terme religieux. Pour une définition du mot « confirmation », voir l’article confirmation du Wiktionnaire. La confirmation (du latin confirmatio,… …
