confirmand means A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, confirmand ranks #1,039 of 20,770 for Qualifying.
Etymology
From Latin cōnfirmandus.
noun
- A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.“The preacher then tells the confirmands, that as a token of their full consent to the confession just made, each of them should kiss the Scroll of the Law.”