Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

confirmand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-fir-mand
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.

Example Sentences

"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."
"In confirmation the confirmand confesses his faith and expresses a willingness to accept and obey Jesus Christ as his Lord; and the Christian Church confirms the worthiness of the confirmand to partake of the fellowship and heavenly blessings which this new relation called church-membership involves."
"These persons are recruited from a list of several, active adults in the church that is submitted by each confirmand."

Etymology

From Latin cōnfirmandus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cōnfirmandus

Inflected Forms

confirmands (plural)

Questions

What does confirmand mean?: A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
Where does confirmand come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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