CONFIRMATION
\kɒnfəmˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɒnfəmˈeɪʃən], \k_ɒ_n_f_ə_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONFIRMATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
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a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
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information that confirms or verifies
By Princeton University
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additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
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a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
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information that confirms or verifies
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
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That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.
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A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.
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A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.
By Oddity Software
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The act of verifying, ratifying, making sure, etc.; evidence; admission to full communion after baptism.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A making firm or sure: convincing proof: the right by which persons are admitted to full communion in the Episcopal Church.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of confirming; that which confirms; corroboration.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of confirming; that which confirms; corroboration; proof.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of confirming; additional corroborative evidence; the ceremony of admission into full church privilege by a bishop.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. Act of confirming or establishing; —that which confirms; convincing testimony; additional proof; —ratification; —a rite in the Episcopal church.
