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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Immaculate \Im*mac"u*late\, a. [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not +
maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot.
See {Mail} armor.]
Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
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Were but my soul as pure
From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold
One more immaculate. --Denham.
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Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. --Shak.
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{Immaculate conception} (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the
Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. --
{Im*mac"u*late*ly}, adv. -- {Im*mac"u*late*ness}, n.
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