Synonyms: confirmation
Definition: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
Similar words: sacrament
Definition: a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
Synonyms: confirmation
Definition: a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
Similar words: religious ceremony, religious ritual
Definition: a ceremony having religious meaning
Synonyms: confirmation, verification, substantiation, check
Definition: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
Usage: fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
Similar words: proof, cogent evidence
Definition: any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
Usage: if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it
Synonyms: confirmation
Definition: information that confirms or verifies
Similar words: info, information
Definition: a message received and understood
Synonyms: confirmation, ratification
Definition: making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
Usage: the ratification of the treaty; confirmation of the appointment
Similar words: agreement
Definition: the verbal act of agreeing