confirmation

UK: /ˌkɒnfə^rˈmeɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌkɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən/ ,(kon′fər mā′shən)

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con•fir•ma•tion /ˌkɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən/   n. [uncountable]

1. the act of confirming or the state of being confirmed:
   Confirmation of the bombing came as the TV news actually was showing it on the air.
2. Religion a rite administered to baptized persons in some Christian churches.
3. Judaism a ceremony among some Jews in which a young person is formally admitted as an adult member of the Jewish community.

con•fir•ma•tion•al, adj. 

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con•fir•ma•tion  (kon′fər mā′shən), n. 

1. the act of confirming.
2. the state of being confirmed.
3. something that confirms, as a corroborative statement or piece of evidence:
   His birth certificate served as confirmation of his citizenship.
4. a rite administered to baptized persons, in some churches as a sacrament for confirming and strengthening the recipient in the Christian faith, in others as a rite without sacramental character by which the recipient is admitted to full communion with the church.
5. Judaism a solemn ceremony among Reform and certain Conservative Jews that is held in the synagogue, usually on Shavuoth, to admit formally as adult members of the Jewish community Jewish boys and girls 14 to 16 years of age who have successfully completed a prescribed course of study in Judaism.

• Latin confirmātiōn- stem of confirmātiō. See confirm, -ation
• Middle English 1275–1325

con′fir•ma′tion•al, adj. 

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confirmation / ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃən/ noun

1. the act of confirming
2. a rite in several Christian churches that confirms a baptized person in his or her faith and admits him or her to full participation in the church