noun
- people who are being prepared for or undergoing the religious ceremony of confirmation
Usage: religious
Examples
- The confirmands attended weekly classes to prepare for the ceremony.
- Twenty confirmands will receive the sacrament this Sunday.
- The bishop met with all the confirmands before the service.
- Parents and families gathered to support the confirmands.
- The confirmands wore white robes during the confirmation ceremony.
- Each of the confirmands chose a sponsor to guide them.