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单词 immaculate conception
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Immaculate Conception


noun Roman Catholic Church.

the dogma of the unique privilege by which the Virgin Mary was conceived in her mother's womb without the stain of original sin through the anticipated merits of Jesus Christ.Compare virgin birth (def. 1).

Origin of Immaculate Conception

First recorded in 1680–90

Words nearby Immaculate Conception

imitative, imitative magic, Imitrex, Imittós, immaculate, Immaculate Conception, immane, immanence, immanent, immanentism, Immanuel
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British Dictionary definitions for Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception

noun

Christian theol RC Church the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception

A doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. It states that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free from original sin (see also original sin).

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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