confirmatoryadj.

/kɔːnˈfəːmətəri/

Etymology: < Latin type *confirmātōrius : see confirmator n. and -ory suffix¹.

1. That confirms; having the property of confirming; corroborative. Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > serving to support or confirm

cited?1555

justificative1611

confirmatory1636

confirmative1641

argumentative1642

confirming1661

affirmative1702

supporting1763

supportive1771

justificatory1779

1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath ii. 53 In a Decretall..confirmatorie of the former custome.

1811 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World III. 452 The result..strongly confirmatory of the Mosaic account.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vii. 207 Strong confirmatory facts.

†2. Relating to, or of the nature of, the rite of confirmation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > confirmation > [adjective]

confirmatory1686

1686 H. Compton Episcopalia 35 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	confirmatory
释义	confirmatoryadj. /kɔːnˈfəːmətəri/ Etymology: < Latin type confirmātōrius : see confirmator n. and -ory suffix¹. 1. That confirms; having the property of confirming; corroborative. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > serving to support or confirm cited?1555 justificative1611 confirmatory1636 confirmative1641 argumentative1642 confirming1661 affirmative1702 supporting1763 supportive1771 justificatory1779 1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath* ii. 53 In a Decretall..confirmatorie of the former custome. 1811 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World III. 452 The result..strongly confirmatory of the Mosaic account. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vii. 207 Strong confirmatory facts. †2. Relating to, or of the nature of, the rite of confirmation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confirmation > [adjective] confirmatory1686 1686 H. Compton Episcopalia 35 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1636
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