confirmand

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

noun
  1. a candidate for or recipient of religious confirmation.

Origin of confirmand

1
1880–85; <Latin confirmandus to be confirmed, gerund of confirmāre to confirm

Words Nearby confirmand

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How to use confirmand in a sentence

  • The promises expected from a confirmand,—to which they also must have bound themselves,—are thus summarized.

    The Moravians in Georgia | Adelaide L. Fries

British Dictionary definitions for confirmand

confirmand

/ (ˈkɒnfəˌmænd) /


noun
  1. a candidate for confirmation

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