Sentence examples for taking confirmation from inspiring English sources

The bishop raises his hands over those taking confirmation and prays for the bestowal of the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit (according to Isaiah 11 2 3, wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord).

Research by Professor Leslie Francis of the Centre for Theology and Education at Trinity College, Carmarthen, found that churches that sponsor local schools tend to have more young people in their congregations, more people taking confirmation and more people joining their choirs.

As messengers, they take confirmation slips from traders on the floor to the booths where brokers work.

However, McCarthy et al. [ 26] mentioned that joint analyses "blur the boundaries of where exactly replication starts, but whichever analytical approach is taken, confirmation in many independent samples is important and it is the overall strength of the evidence of association that matters".

Much like cloud services lowered the cost barrier for startups and small companies, automating the lab with robots and putting information in the cloud lowers costs, furthers research and cuts the time it takes to get confirmation on results.

Vodafone was the biggest faller, down 10.7p at 202.5p on profit taking following confirmation it had agreed to sell its stake in Verizon Wireless for $130bn.

The recipient of confirmation, who is presented by a sponsor of the same sex, traditionally takes a "confirmation name" that will remind the confirmand of this sacrament.

The failure of DreamWorks's dreadful "Sinbad" was widely taken as confirmation of this notion.

No payment is taken until confirmation, but the email neglects to mention that.

None of them looked away or averted their gaze from mine, which I took as confirmation that I could continue.

That could be taken as confirmation that central banks have mastered the secrets of the world economy.