Immaculate-conception definition

(roman catholic church) The doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from all stain of original sin. The feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8.
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(r.c.ch., proper) The doctrine that the Virgin Mary, though conceived naturally, was from the moment of conception free from original sin.
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December 8th (The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary)
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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.

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

  • 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.

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

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