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Immaculate Conception   /ɪmˈækjulɪt kənsˈɛpʃən/   Listen
Immaculate Conception

noun
1.
Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854.  Synonym: December 8.
2.
(Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived.  Synonym: Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.





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"Immaculate Conception" Quotes from Famous Books



... we discover the purpose of this "beautiful prayer", and of the neat little paper which prints it. "Salve Regina" is raising funds for the "National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception", a home for more priests, and Catholic ladies who desire to collect for it may receive little books which they are requested to return within three months. Pius X writes a letter of warm endorsement, and sets an example by giving four hundred dollars "out of his ...
— The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition • Upton Sinclair


Words linked to "Immaculate Conception" :   gospel, Church of Rome, Christian religion, Roman Catholic, creed, Christianity, Roman Church, Roman Catholic Church, holy day of obligation, church doctrine, religious doctrine, December 8, Western Church


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