immaculationn.
/ᵻˌmakjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ᵻˌmækjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Now somewhat rare.
= immaculateness n.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun]
cleannessc890
unwemmednessc1175
purity?c1225
shireness?c1225
cleanshipc1230
uncorruptionc1384
purenessa1398
undefoulingnessc1400
whitenessc1400
cleanliness1430
immaculation1509
clearness1526
undefiledness1571
uncorruptness1583
unspottedness1598
intemerateness1607
uncorruptedness1611
candour1612
spotlessness1619
immaculateness1641
candidness1654
unblemishedness1656
intemeration1660
unstainedness1685
pearliness1760
taintlessness1811
stainlessness1862
1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) cvii. sig. Dd.vii O peruers fooles wyll you chaunge your natures corporall otherwyse than god hathe gyuen them you, & wyll redresse of immaculacyon your humanyte.
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. G2 Beauty sitteth enthronized on her browes,..immaculation on her necke.
1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker i. xx. 102 Nothing but a Divine Light, Spirit or Power can reach Immaculation.
1788 ‘Younger Junius’ Observ. Polit. Life Pitt 20 The effort of a virgin minister, wishing to demonstrate his creative powers, without losing his immaculation.
1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. (new ed.) 180 The contemplation of your immaculation fills my whole soul with exultation.
1883 Era 24 Mar. 5/2 I might have staggered his belief in the immaculation of his friends had I alluded to a case that was made public some time previously.
1923 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 49 161 In breeding there appeared a tendency to immaculation; immaculate parents always produced immaculate progeny.
1998 A. Prieur Mema's House vi. 261 The signifier, the hymen, is more important than the signified: purity, immaculation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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