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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854;
[syn: Immaculate Conception, December 8]

2. (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived;
[syn: Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Immaculate \Im*mac"u*late\, a. [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not + maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot. See Mail armor.] Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure. [1913 Webster] Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. --Denham. [1913 Webster] Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. -- Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv. -- Im*mac"u*late*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Immaculate Conception n 1: Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854 [syn: Immaculate Conception, December 8] 2: (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived [syn: Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary]