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confirmatory, a.|kɔːnˈfɜːmətərɪ|
[f. L. type *confirmātōri-us: see prec. and -ory.]
1. That confirms; having the property of confirming; corroborative. Const. of.
1636Heylin Sabbath ii. 53 In a Decretall..confirmatorie of the former custome. 1811J. Parkinson Org. Rem. III. 452 The result..strongly confirmatory of the Mosaic account. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. ii. vii. (1851) 207 Strong confirmatory facts.
†2. Relating to, or of the nature of, the rite of confirmation. Obs.
1686Bp. Compton Episcopalia 35 (T.) It is not improbable, that they [the Apostles] had in their eye the confirmatory usage in the synagogues, to which none were admitted, before they were of age to undertake for themselves. |