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The article show the names of the sacrament of confirmation used in Piotr Skarga’s sermons. The analyzed material has been taken from “Kazania o śiedmi Sakramentach” published in 1600 in Kraków by Andrzej Piotrowczyk publishinh house, whereas the comparative material has originated from “Słownik polszczyzny XVI wieku” and other publications about religious language, which are enumerated in the bibliography. The analysis of the materials shows that Skarga has not created new names for the sacrament of confirmation. they have the same forms as in the Bible or in the papers of Church Fathers, namely confirmation, sacrament of confirmation.