Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- proper noun The
doctrine , in theRoman Catholic Church , that theVirgin Mary wasconceived free fromoriginal sin - proper noun December 8th (The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary)
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- noun (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived
- noun Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
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Examples
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They think the Immaculate Conception is a load of crap, and my book would never reach its intended audience.
Michael Hyatt, CEO at Nelson, responds Miss Snark 2006
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A discussion concerning the Immaculate Conception in which I told him that it concerned not Mary, but the mother of Mary.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Is Jean-Luc Godard Antisemitic? First Episode: Hail Mary (1984) Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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A discussion concerning the Immaculate Conception in which I told him that it concerned not Mary, but the mother of Mary.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Is Jean-Luc Godard Antisemitic? First Episode: Hail Mary (1984) Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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A discussion concerning the Immaculate Conception in which I told him that it concerned not Mary, but the mother of Mary.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Is Jean-Luc Godard Antisemitic? First Episode: Hail Mary (1984) Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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A discussion concerning the Immaculate Conception in which I told him that it concerned not Mary, but the mother of Mary.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Is Jean-Luc Godard Antisemitic? First Episode: Hail Mary (1984) Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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Despite the Eastern origins of the liturgical feasts of the Assumption and Immaculate Conception, because Rome has defined them as dogmas many Eastern theologians have denied them.
Looking Eastward? 2007
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Despite the Eastern origins of the liturgical feasts of the Assumption and Immaculate Conception, because Rome has defined them as dogmas many Eastern theologians have denied them.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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Given the Bushes 'penchant for contortions and distortions of facts and for presenting themselves as carbon copies of the Immaculate Conception, one has to wonder what the true nature of that aid's impulse to gather such material during Poppy's presidency for a later book writing really was; one also wonders what wrangling may have taken place behind the scenes prior to the birthing of this book by Doro?
Isn't it scandalous--the Bushes thirst for Power & Self Advancement? Yes. Of Course it is! 2006
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But the Immaculate Conception refers to Mary's conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur 2006
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But the Immaculate Conception refers to Mary's conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne.
Archive 2006-12-01 Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur 2006
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