John Hancock OK acceptance affirmance affirmation agape approbation approval ascertainment asperges aspersion assurance attestation auricular confession authentication authorization backing backing up baptism bar mitzvah bas mitzvah bearing out bolstering buttressing celebration certification check checking circumcision circumstantiation collation comparative scrutiny confession corroboration corroboratory evidence countersignature cross-check deep-rootedness deep-seatedness determination documentation embedment endorsement ensuring entrenchment establishment evidence extreme unction fixation fixedness fixity fixture fortification go-ahead green light high celebration holy orders implantation imprimatur incense infixion inveteracy invocation invocation of saints kiss of peace lesser litany litany love feast lustration matrimony nod notarization okay pax penance permission processional proof proving proving out ratification reassurance reassurement reciting the rosary reinforcement rubber stamp sanction seal seven sacraments sigil signature signet stabilization stamp stamp of approval strengthening subscription substantiation support supporting evidence telling of beads testament testimonial the Eucharist the confessional the confessionary the nod undergirding validation verification visa vise warrant witness