Immaculate Conception
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- noun
- /ɪˈmækjʊlɪt kənˈsɛpʃən/
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Inmaculada Concepción
- Fourth, the Orthodox almost universally reject the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
Yes, I'm assuming no Immaculate Conception, perhaps.
- Yes, I'm assuming no Immaculate Conception, perhaps.
Examples
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You don't believe in the Immaculate Conception.
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Mary's Immaculate Conception ensures that we can come to know and love her Son, Jesus Christ.
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Tonight is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
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Further, we should remember by virtue of the immaculate conception.
Blog text (24) -
One concrete-skied Sunday everyone was streaming out of the project buildings for mass at Immaculate Conception.
Fiction book (1990) -
To prepare for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, residents lit lanterns outside of their house.
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She asked for a service to be held at the shrine to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
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The Order actually began in Troyes, France, in 1854 (on December 8th, the very day the Immaculate Conception was declared a dogma).
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In the summer of 1941, shortly after returning to Canada as an ordained priest to teach theology at the College of the Immaculate Conception in Montreal, Lonergan preached a retreat to a group of Jesuit students.
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The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 each year.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'immaculate' (perfect, spotless) and 'conception' (the act of becoming pregnant) do give a learner the partial idea of a 'pure' or 'perfect' conception, so some general sense is recoverable. However, the MWE refers to a specific Roman Catholic doctrine and feast — 'conceived without original sin' — a cultural/theological nuance not derivable from the words alone, making full understanding unlikely without prior religious knowledge.
Etymology
Immaculate Conception comes from a Catholic belief: immaculate means 'without stain' and conception means 'being formed in the womb', so the phrase says Mary was from the first moment of her life 'without sin'. That's why the name refers to both the belief and the 'feast' celebrated on December 8.