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Confirmation
Confirmation Con`fir*ma"tion, n. [F. confirmation, L.
confirmatio.]
1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of
establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the
confirmation of an appointment.
Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest
claim. --Cowper.
2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or
assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional
evidence; proof; convincing testimony.
Trifles light as air Are to the jealous
confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak.
3. (Eccl.) 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.
This ordinance is called confirmation, because they
who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened
for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by
the grace therein bestowed upon them. --Hook.
4. (Law) 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.
Meaning of Confirmation from wikipedia
- In
Christian denominations that
practice infant baptism,
confirmation is seen as the
sealing of the
covenant created in baptism.
Those being confirmed...
- Christian:
Confirmation Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)
Confirmation (Lutheran Church)
Confirmation (Roman
Catholic Church) Chrismation, or
confirmation (Eastern...
-
Confirmation bias (also
confirmatory bias,
myside bias or
congeniality bias) is the
tendency to
search for, interpret,
favor and
recall information in...
- The
Confirmation is a 2016
Canadian drama film
starring Clive Owen,
Jaeden Martell, and
Maria Bello.
Written and
directed by Bob Nelson, who also produced...
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Confirmation is a 2016
American television political thriller film,
directed by Rick
Famuyiwa and
written by
Susannah Grant. It is
about Clarence Thomas's...
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Confirmation in the
Catholic Church is one of the
seven sacraments. It is also one of the
three sacraments of
initiation into the
Catholic Church, the...
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Behavioral confirmation is a type of self-fulfilling
prophecy whereby people's
social expectations lead them to
behave in ways that
cause others to confirm...
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Confirmation is a
bebop standard composed by
saxophonist Charlie Parker in 1945. It is
known as a
challenging number due to its long,
complex head and...
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Confirmation dialog (sometimes
called a
warning alert box or
chicken box) is a
dialog box that asks user to
approve requested operation.
Usually this dialog...
- In
philosophy of science,
confirmation holism, also
called epistemological holism, is the view that no
individual statement can be
confirmed or disconfirmed...
