Dictionary
Immac'ulate Concep'tion
Rom. Cath. Ch.
the dogma of the unique privilege by which the Virgin Mary was conceived in her mother's womb without the stain of original sin through the anticipated merits of Jesus Christ. Cf.
virgin birth (def. 1).
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