the Immaculate Conceptionnoun [ S ]
uk/ɪˌmæk.jʊ.lət kənˈsep.ʃən/us/ɪˌmæk.jʊ.lət kənˈsep.ʃən/the Christian belief that Jesus Christ's mother Mary, or, more generally, Jesus Christ himself, was born free from sin (= offence against religious law)
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Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church
- beatify
- catholic
- Cistercian
- conclave
- concordat
- confessional
- ex cathedra
- Hail Mary
- inquisition
- liberation theology
- Madonna
- Marian
- Roman Catholicism
- tabernacle
- the Angelus
- the Holy See
- the Roman Catholic Church
- the Vatican
- transubstantiation
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