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confirmee|kɒnfəˈmiː|
[f. confirm + -ee: corresp. to F. confirmé.]
1. Law. One to whom a confirmation is made.
c1600[? Doderidge] Touchstone 312 In every good confirmation tending to confirm an estate..There must be a good confirmor and a good confirmee. 1642Perkins Prof. Bk. x. §631. 273 More properly the word of the Confirmer than of the Confirmee.
2. Eccl. One who is confirmed.
1885Bp. Thorold Charge 22 A comparison of our confirmees during the two years. 1886Ch. Times 19 Feb. 133/3 The wretched proportion of male confirmees to female in London. |