Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Immaculate \Im*mac"u*late\, a. [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not +
maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot.
See {Mail} armor.]
Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that,
Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. --Denham.
Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. --Shak.
{Immaculate conception} (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the
Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. --
{Im*mac"u*late*ly}, adv. -- {Im*mac"u*late*ness}, n.
Source : WordNet®
Immaculate Conception
n 1: Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854 [syn: {December
8}]
2: (Christianity) the Roman Catholic doctrine that the Virgin
Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin