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Confirmation
Confirmation Con`fir*ma"tion, n. [F. confirmation, L.
confirmatio.]
1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of
establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the
confirmation of an appointment.
Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest
claim. --Cowper.
2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or
assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional
evidence; proof; convincing testimony.
Trifles light as air Are to the jealous
confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak.
3. (Eccl.) 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.
This ordinance is called confirmation, because they
who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened
for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by
the grace therein bestowed upon them. --Hook.
4. (Law) 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.
Meaning of Confirmation from wikipedia
- In
Christian denominations that
practice infant baptism,
confirmation is seen as the
sealing of the
covenant created in baptism.
Those being confirmed...
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Confirmation bias (also
confirmatory bias,
myside bias, or
congeniality bias) is the
tendency to
search for, interpret, favor, and
recall information in...
- Christian:
Confirmation Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)
Confirmation (Lutheran Church)
Confirmation (Roman
Catholic Church) Chrismation, or
confirmation (Eastern...
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Confirmation in the
Catholic Church is one of the
seven sacraments. It is also one of the
three sacraments of
initiation into the
Catholic Church, the...
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Confirmation is a 2016
American television political thriller film,
directed by Rick
Famuyiwa and
written by
Susannah Grant. It is
about Clarence Thomas's...
- The
Confirmation is a 2016
Canadian drama film
starring Clive Owen,
Jaeden Martell, and
Maria Bello.
Written and
directed by Bob Nelson, who also produced...
- A
confirmation code is a
short piece of data (code, cypher) that is used for
purposes of
confirmation of a
particular attribute or
property such as personally...
- The
Confirmation dress is a
traditional style of
dress that was
designed to be worn by
girls partaking in the
Catholic ritual of
Confirmation. Confirmation...
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Behavioral confirmation is a type of self-fulfilling
prophecy whereby people's
social expectations lead them to
behave in ways that
cause others to confirm...
- The
confirmation of
Ferdinand E.
Marcos as the
third prime minister of the
Philippines took
place on June 12, 1978, at the
Batasang Pambansa Complex in...