Immaculate Conception

English Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Immaculate Conception.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 Immaculate Conception en Catholicism The doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church, that the Virgin Mary was conceived biologically but free from original sin. en Roman Catholicism December 8th (The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary). en proscribed The conception or incarnation of Jesus as viewed by those who believe that he was conceived without sin. en Roman Catholicism A title of Mary, in particular reference to her unique status with regard to the aforementioned doctrine. Usage notes Usage referring to the conception of Jesus (by Mary and the Holy Spirit) rather than that of Mary (by her human parents) is based on ignorance or misunderstanding of the original term and of the doctrine it refers to, but it is nonetheless relatively widespread. Related terms en immaculism, en immaculist en maculism, en maculist Translations doctrine Arabic: ar الحَمْل بِلَا دَنَس m Catalan: ca Immaculada Concepció f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 無沾成胎 wúzhānchéngtāi, cmn 聖母無原罪 Czech: cs neposkvrněné početí n Danish: da ubesmittede undfangelse c Dutch: nl onbevlekte ontvangenis f Finnish: fi perisynnitön sikiäminen French: fr immaculée conception f German: de unbefleckte Empfängnis f Greek: el άμωμος σύλληψη f Hungarian: hu szeplőtelen fogantatás Irish: ga Giniúint Mhuire gan Smál f Italian: it immacolata concezione f Latvian: lv šķīstā ieņemšana f Polish: pl Niepokalane Poczęcie n Portuguese: pt imaculada conceição f Romanian: ro imaculata concepție Russian: ru непоро́чное зача́тие n Spanish: es Inmaculada Concepción f Swedish: sv obefläckad avlelse c Tagalog: tl Inmaculada Concepcion, tl Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi, tl Paglilihing Inmakulada, tl Lihing Busilak feast Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 聖母無染原罪瞻禮 shèngmǔ wú rǎn yuánzuì zhānlǐ , cmn 聖母無原罪始胎節 shèngmǔ wú yuánzuì shǐtāi jié , cmn 聖母無原罪日 shèngmǔ wú yuánzuì rì Dutch: nl Onbevlekte Ontvangenis f Finnish: fi perisynnittömän sikiämisen päivä Italian: it Immacolata Concezione f Polish: pl Niepokalane Poczęcie n Tagalog: tl Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi Noun - Immaculate Conception en informal proscribed often lower case Any virgin birth or an event likened to one. en I didn't think the cat had gotten out, but either she did or those kittens are a case of immaculate conception. Further reading en Roman Catholicism