English → Latin
“confirmation” in Latin
cōnfirmātiōconfirmation, verification; corroboration; confirmation (sacrament)auctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authorityfidēsfaith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation); reliance (act of relying on or truaffirmātiōaffirmation, declaration, assertion; confirmation
The English word confirmation itself goes back to Latin firmō, through cōnfirmātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
confirmation
confirmatio: auctoritas (the consent, especially of the Senate): fides (certainty): affirmatio (affirmation): This news requires confirmation, *fama nondum certa est: rem certis auctoribus non comperi (of a person relating; after Cic., Att: 14, 8, 1): the confirmation by auspices is still required, auspiciorum adhuc fides exigitur: for the better confirmation of the matter, *ut res majorem vim habeat.
As religious act, confirmatio (Scriptores Ecclesiastici); *sollemnis ritus, quo adolescentes utriusque sexus doctrinam Christianam, in quam ab ineunte aetate imbuti sunt, coram omnibus profitentur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for confirmation?
- The usual Latin words for “confirmation” are cōnfirmātiō, auctōritās, fidēs; also affirmātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.