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 ).

Christian theol RC Church the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin

Immaculate Conception

First recorded in 1680–90

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which occurs in early December, celebrates this miraculous non-coital event.

Depending on how the Supreme Court rules, he might want to add immaculate conception to the list.

His dad, William, ran a bakery called the Sweet Tooth and the family attended the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

But with the immaculate conception of Mary, a being full of grace, an object of God's supreme complacency entered this world.

We may also investigate impartially such doctrines as the immaculate conception, and the existence of angels.

Another favorite with the founders of religions is the Immaculate Conception.

The latter maintained the immaculate conception of the virgin, while the former denied it.

In December, 1854, the pope promulgated the dogma of the immaculate conception of Mary.

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