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confirmands

confirmands is the plural of confirmand.

Meaning of confirmand

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

Questions about confirmands

What is confirmands the plural of?
Confirmands is the plural of confirmand.

Words near confirmands in the dictionary

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

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