the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church |
validating the authenticity of something or someone | a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism |
confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct |
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | information that confirms or verifies |
| making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it |