- confirmand
- noun Etymology: Latin confirmandus, gerundive of confirmare Date: 1884 a candidate for religious confirmation
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
confirmand
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confirmand — [ kɔ̃firmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1907; de confirmer ♦ Personne qui va recevoir le sacrement de confirmation. Les confirmands. ● confirmand, confirmande nom (latin ecclésiastique confirmandus) Personne qui va recevoir le sacrement de confirmation. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
confirmand — [kän΄fər mand′, kän′fər mand΄] n. a person who is to be confirmed in a religious ceremony … English World dictionary
confirmand — /kon feuhr mand , kon feuhr mand /, n. a candidate for or recipient of religious confirmation. [1880 85; < L confirmandus to be confirmed, ger. of confirmare to CONFIRM] * * * … Universalium
confirmand — noun A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism. A person, usually a youth, who is going about the process of being confirmed … Wiktionary
confirmand — con|fir|mand Mot Agut Nom masculí … Diccionari Català-Català
confirmand — candidate for religious confirmation Ecclesiastical Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
confirmand — con·firm·and || kÉ’nfÉ™mænd adj. preparing for religious confirmation n. candidate for religious confirmation … English contemporary dictionary
confirmand — [ kɒnfəmand] noun a person about to undergo the religious rite of confirmation … English new terms dictionary
confirmand — con·fir·mand … English syllables
confirmand — n. Eccl. a person who is to be or has just been confirmed … Useful english dictionary
