Definition of Confirmands

1. Noun. (plural of confirmand) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Confirmands

1. confirmand [n] - See also: confirmand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confirmands

confinedness
confineless
confinement
confinement time
confinements
confiner
confiners
confines
confining
confinity
confirm
confirmability
confirmable
confirmance
confirmand
confirmands (current term)
confirmation
confirmation bias
confirmation hearing
confirmation name
confirmation names
confirmational
confirmations
confirmative
confirmatory
confirme
confirmed
confirmed bachelor
confirmedly
confirmedness

Literary usage of Confirmands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, H. Tetu, Wilfrid Philip Ward (1889)
"Dans cette dernière ville, on voit parmi les confirmands, ... En 1665, il fit descendre le Saint-Esprit sur cent cinquante deux confirmands de la paroisse ..."

2. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1908)
"Is the criterion of the course of study for confirmands, their belief in later years ... What do we do for confirmands by which their religious life means ..."

3. Selected Writings of Isaac M. Wise: With a Biography by Isaac Mayer Wise, Hebrew Union College Alumni Association (1900)
"In 1861 already he had published the "Essence of Judaism" for his confirmands in Congregation B'ne Yeshurun. In this book he says: "The decalogue contains, ..."

4. History of the American Lutheran Church: From Its Commencement in the Year by Ernest Lewis Hazelius (1846)
"... catechise the young, administer the ordinance of Baptism, visit the schools and the sick, attend funerals and instruct the confirmands. 4. ..."

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