conception : Idioms & Phrases


False conception

  • (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus.
Webster 1913

Immaculate conception

  • noun Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
    December 8.
  • noun (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived
    Immaculate Conception.
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  • (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin.
Webster 1913

immaculate conception of the virgin mary

  • noun (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived
    Immaculate Conception.
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