Immaculateness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  immaculateness
       n : the state of being spotlessly clean [syn: {spotlessness}]