confermement

Middle English

Alternative forms

• conferment, confirmament, confirmement, confyrment

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French confermement, from Medieval Latin confirmāmentum; equivalent to confermen +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˌfɛrm(i)ˈmɛnt/, /kɔnˈfɛrm(i)mɛnt/

Noun

confermement (uncountable)

1. Granting or affirmation of a grant.
2. (Christianity) The sacrament of confirmation.
3. (rare) Strengthening, reinforcement.

Synonyms

• confermynge

References

• “confermement, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.