immaculate

Meanings

• Adjective

  Free from all flaw or imperfection; perfect.

  - "The immaculate condition of the new car was impressive."
  - "The immaculate painting was a masterpiece."

• Adjective

  (Of a conception or birth) free from sin.

  - "The Virgin Mary was believed to have an immaculate conception."
  - "Mary's immaculate birth was celebrated by the Catholic Church."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with immaculate
aculate , incalculate , calculate , delicate , elicate , precicate , replicate

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Variants

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immaculate , immaculately , immaculateness , Immaculate Conception , Immaculate Conceptions

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'immaculatus' meaning 'unspotted, unstained'.

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Trivia

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1. The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was born without original sin.

2. The feast day of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8 in the Western Christian calendar and on January 9 in the Eastern Christian calendar.

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Related Concepts

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1. Perfection: The state or quality of being perfect. Synonyms include 'flawless', 'unblemished', and 'unmarred'.

2. Sinlessness: The state or quality of being free from sin. Synonyms include 'innocence' and 'purity'.

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Quotes

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1. I was expecting some giant to emerge, but in came a tiny, "immaculate", white-haired man.

   - Anna Russell,{it}I'm Not Making This Up, You Know{/it},1985

2. … they seemed as remote from metaphysics as their lunch bags and knapsacks. Yet weren't they all heading for those "immaculate" country snowfields to talk of God?

   - Cynthia Ozick,{it}Atlantic{/it},May 1997

3. … and added to this was the fact that this Soviet Army Colonel had a service record that was as "immaculate" as a field of freshly fallen snow …

   - Tom Clancy,{it}The Cardinal of the Kremlin{/it},(1988) 1989

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Culture

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The term 'immaculate' has been used extensively in literature, art, and music to describe perfection, purity, and sinlessness. In the Catholic Church, the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception holds that the Virgin Mary was born without original sin.

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3. mnemonics
   

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