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German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - History | |||||||
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3 +2 | candidates for confirmation; confirmee |
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Confirmante(n) > hist. Konfirmand/en/ candidates for confirmation; confirmee Explanation: We may find that the slang word of 'Kohle' meaning colloquially AmE 'dough' or BrE 'lolly' does derive from this Protestant tradition of heaping gifts - coal as a symbolic way of keeping your faith alive - upon the confirmatory candidates. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konfirmation Reference: http://www.lokalkompass.de/duesseldorf/c-ratgeber/glaube-ode... |
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