immaculate conception

1. 1.

   Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854

   SynonymsDecember 8

   Broaderholy day of obligation
2. 2.

   (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived

   SynonymsImmaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary

   Broaderreligious doctrine

   Christianity · Roman Catholic

Questions about immaculate conception

What does immaculate conception mean?

immaculate conception means "Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for immaculate conception?

Close synonyms include December 8, Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is immaculate conception a common word?

immaculate conception is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.