Immaculate Conception

English

Immaculate Conception

The doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church, that the Virgin Mary was conceived biologically but free from original sin.
December 8th (The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary).
(proscribed) The conception or incarnation of Jesus as viewed by those who believe that he was conceived without sin.
(informal, proscribed) Any virgin birth or an event likened to one.
I didn't think the cat had gotten out, but either she did or those kittens are a case of immaculate conception.

Usage referring to the conception of Jesus (by Mary and the Holy Spirit) rather than that of Mary (by her human parents) is based on ignorance or misunderstanding of the original term and of the doctrine it refers to, but it is nonetheless relatively widespread.

doctrine

Arabic: الحمل بلا دنس‎ m
Catalan: immaculada concepció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無沾成胎／无沾成胎 (wúzhānchéngtāi)
Czech: neposkvrněné početí n
Danish: ubesmittede undfangelse c
Dutch: onbevlekte ontvangenis f
Finnish: perisynnitön sikiäminen
French: immaculée conception f
German: unbefleckte Empfängnis f
Greek: άμωμος σύλληψη f (ámomos sýllipsi)
Hungarian: szeplőtelen fogantatás
Irish: Giniúint Mhuire gan Smál f
Italian: immacolata concezione f
Latvian: šķīstā ieņemšana f
Polish: Niepokalane Poczęcie (pl) n
Portuguese: imaculada conceição f
Romanian: imaculata concepție
Russian: непоро́чное зача́тие n (neporóčnoje začátije)
Spanish: inmaculada concepción f
Tagalog: Inmaculada Concepcion, Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi, Paglilihing Inmakulada, Lihing Busilak

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Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 聖母無染原罪瞻禮／圣母无染原罪瞻礼 (shèngmǔ wú rǎn yuánzuì zhānlǐ) , ^{(please verify)} 聖母無原罪始胎節／圣母无原罪始胎节 (shèngmǔ wú yuánzuì shǐtāi jié) , ^{(please verify)} 聖母無原罪日／圣母无原罪日 (shèngmǔ wú yuánzuì rì)
Dutch: Onbevlekte Ontvangenis f
Finnish: perisynnittömän sikiämisen päivä
Italian: Immacolata Concezione f
Polish: Niepokalane Poczęcie (pl) n
Tagalog: Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi