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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 Confirmations from wikipedia
- non-episcopal
Confirmations as well and
these individuals are
received into the
Anglican Communion rather than re-confirmed. In
other dioceses,
confirmations of...
- 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...
- Christian:
Confirmation Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)
Confirmation (Lutheran Church)
Confirmation (Roman
Catholic Church) Chrismation, or
confirmation (Eastern...
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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...
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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...
- silk,
tarlatan and
tulle were
being made in
abundance in New York for
Confirmations and
First Communions.
These designs featured 'puffs' in the
skirt and...
- In
philosophy of science,
confirmation holism, also
called epistemological holism, is the view that no
individual statement can be
confirmed or disconfirmed...
- 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...
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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...
- A
Safety confirmation system is a way of
determining each day
whether someone who
lives alone is safe. All the
person has to do is to press,
before a time...
