noun
(Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived
• Syn: ↑Immaculate Conception
• Topics:
↑Christianity, ↑Christian religion, ↑Roman Catholic, ↑Western Church, ↑Roman Catholic Church, ↑Church of Rome, ↑Roman Church
• Hypernyms: ↑religious doctrine, ↑church doctrine, ↑gospel, ↑creed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.