■ noun the Roman Catholic doctrine that God preserved the Virgin Mary from the taint of original sin from the moment she was conceived.
↘the feast commemorating the ~ on December 8th.
■ noun the Roman Catholic doctrine that God preserved the Virgin Mary from the taint of original sin from the moment she was conceived.
↘the feast commemorating the ~ on December 8th.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004