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† conˈfirmance Obs.
[f. confirm v. or L. confirmā-re + -ance: OF. had confermance, -firmance (13th c.), which however appears to have been obs. long before the Eng. word is found.]
Confirmation.
1588R. Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 368 For the confirmance thereof. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. ix. li. (1612) 231 Ignatius then conceited had his sect, And crau'd confirmance of the Pope. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 143 Whereof they afford us a remarkable confirmance. |