confirmand

[kon-fer-mand, kon-fer-mand]

con·fir·mand

[kon-fer-mand, kon-fer-mand]
noun
a candidate for or recipient of religious confirmation.

Origin:
1880–85; < Latin confirmandus to be confirmed, gerund of confirmāre to confirm
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confirmand (ˈkɒnfəˌmænd)
 
n
a candidate for confirmation

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