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the Immaculate Conception noun[ S ] uk /ɪˌmæk.jʊ.lət kənˈsep.ʃən/ us /ɪˌmæk.jʊ.lət kənˈsep.ʃən/ the Christian belief that Jesus Christ's mother Mary, or, more generally, Jesus Christ himself, was born free from sin (= offence against religious law)无沾成胎(说)(基督教认为圣母马利亚及耶稣基督成胎时未沾染原罪) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church anti-Catholic anti-Catholicism apostolic beatification Cistercian concordat confessional convent encyclical indulgence liberation theology Madonna Marian stoup tabernacle the Angelus the Holy See the Spanish Inquisition the Stations of the Cross transubstantiation |