Immaculate Conception


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Immaculate Conception
noun the Roman Catholic doctrine that God preserved the Virgin Mary from the taint of original sin from the moment she was conceived.

■ the feast commemorating the Immaculate Conception on December 8th.

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