Immaculate Conception

Proper noun

 * 1)  The doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church, that the Virgin Mary was conceived biologically but free from original sin.
 * 2)  December 8th (The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary).
 * 3)  The conception or incarnation of Jesus as viewed by those who believe that he was conceived without sin.
 * 4)   Mary,

Usage notes

 * 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.

Translations

 * Arabic: الحَمْل بِلَا دَنَس
 * Catalan: immaculada concepció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 無沾成胎
 * Czech: neposkvrněné početí
 * Danish: ubesmittede undfangelse
 * Dutch: onbevlekte ontvangenis
 * Finnish: perisynnitön sikiäminen
 * French: immaculée conception
 * German: unbefleckte Empfängnis
 * Greek: άμωμος σύλληψη
 * Hungarian: szeplőtelen fogantatás
 * Irish: Giniúint Mhuire gan Smál
 * Italian: immacolata concezione
 * Latvian: šķīstā ieņemšana
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: imaculada conceição
 * Romanian: imaculata concepție
 * Russian: непоро́чное зача́тие
 * Spanish: inmaculada concepción
 * Tagalog: Inmaculada Concepcion, Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi,, Lihing Busilak


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,   ,
 * Dutch: Onbevlekte Ontvangenis
 * Finnish: perisynnittömän sikiämisen päivä
 * Italian: Immacolata Concezione
 * Polish:
 * Tagalog: Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi

Noun

 * 1)  Any virgin birth or an event likened to one.