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Etymology
From L. immaculatus; prefix im- not + maculatus, past participle of maculare to spot, stain, from macula#Latin|macula spot. Middle English immaculat. See ''mail armor.
Adjective
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- having no stain or blemish, spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.
#:Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. — Jordan Denham?
#:Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. — Shakespeare, Richard II, V-iii.
Derived terms
Immaculate conception, (Roman Catholic Church): the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin.
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