Confirmation vs. Confirmed — What's the Difference?

In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands.

Being firmly settled in habit; inveterate.

The act of confirming.

Having been ratified; verified.

Something that confirms; verification.

Having received the rite of confirmation.

A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church.

Simple past tense and past participle of confirm

A ceremony in Judaism that marks the completion of a young person's religious training.

(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual

An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

Verified or ratified

A verification that something is true or has happened.

(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

Of persons; not subject to change;

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

Having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation;

That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

Having a habit of long standing;

A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;

Information that confirms or verifies

Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;

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

A sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church