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confirmand

confirmand noun: a candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.

Noun

confirmand (plural confirmands)

  1. A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
    • The preacher then tells the confirmands, that as a token of their full consent to the confession just made, each of them should kiss the Scroll of the Law.1868, Isaac Mayer Wise, Hymns, Psalms and Prayers, page 203
    • In confirmation the confirmand confesses his faith and expresses a willingness to accept and obey Jesus Christ as his Lord; and the Christian Church confirms the worthiness of the confirmand to partake of the fellowship and heavenly blessings which this new relation called church-membership...1917 March 25, “Showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ”, in The Evangelical Herald, volume 16, page 83

Forms of confirmand

pluralconfirmands

Origin of confirmand

From Latin cōnfirmandus.

Questions about confirmand

What does confirmand mean?
Confirmand means a candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
What part of speech is confirmand?
Confirmand is a noun.
What is the plural of confirmand?
The plural of confirmand is confirmands.

Words near confirmand in the dictionary

  1. confirmabilities
  2. confirmability
  3. confirmable
  4. confirmably
  5. confirmance
  6. confirmand
  7. confirmands
  8. confirmation
  9. confirmation bias
  10. confirmation biases
  11. confirmation name

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