confirmand

[ kon-fer-mand, kon-fer-mand ]

noun

1. a candidate for or recipient of religious confirmation.

confirmand

/ ˈkɒnfəˌmænd /

noun

1. a candidate for confirmation

Word History and Origins

Origin of confirmand¹

1880–85; < Latin confirmandus to be confirmed, gerund of confirmāre to confirm

Example Sentences

The promises expected from a Confirmand,—to which they also must have bound themselves,—are thus summarized.

From Project Gutenberg