[f. CONFIRM + -EE: corresp. to F. confirmé.]
1. Law. One to whom a confirmation is made.
c. 1600. [? Doderidge], Touchstone, 312. In every good confirmation tending to confirm an estate … There must be a good confirmor and a good confirmee.
1642. Perkins, Prof. Bk., x. § 631. 273. More properly the word of the Confirmer than of the Confirmee.
2. Eccl. One who is confirmed.
1885. Bp. Thorold, Charge, 22. A comparison of our confirmees during the two years.
1886. Ch. Times, 19 Feb., 133/3. The wretched proportion of male confirmees to female in London.
