Immaculate Conception Definition

noun
The doctrine that the Virgin Mary, though conceived naturally, was from the moment of conception free from original sin.
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Synonyms:
  • Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
  • theotokos
  • deipara
  • December 8
pronoun

The doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church, that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from original sin.

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Immaculate Conception Sentence Examples

  • But you believe in the immaculate conception of everyone; Catholics believe in the immaculate conception only of Our Blessed Lady.

  • In 1483 Leonardo was commissioned by the confraternity of the Immaculate Conception to paint The Virgin of the Rocks.

  • And finally in December, there are the traditional patron saint 's days in honor of the Immaculate Conception.

  • And yet the Roman Catholic Church had upon its hands one great unsettled question - the thesis of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin.

  • Among the churches are the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic), with a spire 236 ft.

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