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111Immaculate Conception — Synonyms and related words: Dei Mater, Deipara, Holy Mary, Mariolatry, Mariology, Mother of God, Notre Dame, Our Lady, Queen of Angels, Queen of Heaven, Regina Angelorum, Regina Coeli, Sancta Virgo Virginum, Stella Maris, Theotokos, Virgin Most… …
112IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — the doctrine held by the Roman Catholic Church that the Virgin Mary was conceived and born without taint of sin; first distinctly propounded in the 12th century, at which time a festival was introduced in celebration of it, and which became… …
113Immaculate Conception, the — Im,maculate Con ception, the the Christian belief that Mary, the mother of Christ, was free from ORIGINAL SIN (=the evil that all people are born with) …
114IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — the ROMAN CATHOLIC dogma, declared in 1854, that the Mother of JESUS, the VIRGIN MARY, was born without SIN …
115immaculate conception — doctrine which states that the Virgin Mary was impregnated by the Holy Spirit (Christianity) …
116Immaculate Conception — The belief that the Virgin Mary was born without the stain of original sin …
117Immaculate Conception — noun the Christian belief that Christ s mother Mary was a virgin (=someone who has never had sex) when Christ was born …
118Immaculate Conception — L Church at Quebec placed under patronage of, 85. Ch Church of Notre Dame de la Recouvrance consecrated under name of, 240; feast of, observed by people of Quebec, 240 …
119Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Непорочное зачатие Благословенной Девы Марии …
120Immaculate Conception — Immac′ulate Concep′tion n. 1) rel the doctrine according to which the Virgin Mary was conceived in her mother s womb without the stain of original sin 2) rel the feast commemorating this, celebrated on December 8 • Etymology: 1680–90 …