confirmation
- IPA[ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃn]
英式
- the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed;(in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person, especially one baptized as an infant, affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the Church
noun: confirmation, plural noun: confirmations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed high unemployment figures were further confirmation that the economy was in recession 同義詞
- 2. (in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person, especially one baptized as an infant, affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the Church the kind of joy mixed with tears one finds at weddings and confirmations
- ▪ the Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah.