Obs. [f. CONFIRM v. or L. confirmā-re + -ANCE: OF. had confermance, -firmance (13th c.), which, however, appears to have been obs. long before the Eng. word is found.] Confirmation.
1588. R. Parke, trans. Mendoza’s Hist. China, 368. For the confirmance thereof.
1602. Warner, Alb. Eng., IX. li. (1612), 231. Ignatius then conceited had his sect, And crau’d confirmance of the Pope.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 143. Whereof they afford us a remarkable confirmance.
