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American Church Dictionary
• Confirmation
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Confirmation
CARM Theological Dictionary
• Confirmation
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Confirmation
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Confirm
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Confirmation
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Confirmation
King James Dictionary
• Confirming
• Confirmed
• Confirmation
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Confirmation
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Name, Confirmation
• Grace, Confirmed in
• Confirmed in Grace
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Confirm, Confirmation
Webster Dictionary
• Confirming
• Confirmer
• Confirmator
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Confirmation
• Confirmation of Bishops
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Confirm; Confirmation
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Confirmation
• Confirmation of a Bishop
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Confirmation
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Confirmation, the Rite of
Lexicons
• ܚܰܝܶܠ
• βεβαιόω
• βεβαίωσις
• ἐπιστηρίζω
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• אָמַן , אָמַן
• אָמֵץ
• גָּבַר
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(Latin: confirmare, to make fast)

A sacrament of the New Law, in which, through the prayer and the anointing of the forehead with chrism by the minister, the Holy Ghost is communicated to a baptized person, to make him a strong and perfect Christian and a soldier of Jesus Christ. The ordinary minister of this sacrament is a bishop; since it imprints a character on the soul, it cannot be repeated. On the part of the recipient, there is required a state of grace, and a ready knowledge of Christian faith and doctrine.

See also:

• Goffine's Devout Instructions