immaculate

  • 11immaculate — adjective 1) an immaculate white shirt Syn: clean, spotless, shining, shiny, gleaming 2) immaculate condition Syn: perfect, pristine, mint, flawless, faultless, unblemished; …

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  • 12immaculate — immaculacy /i mak yeuh leuh see/, immaculateness, n. immaculately, adv. /i mak yeuh lit/, adj. 1. free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen. 2. free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled. 3. free from fault or flaw;… …

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  • 13immaculate — adjective 1 very clean and tidy: Richard looked immaculate in a white silk dinner jacket. 2 exactly correct or perfect in every detail: Your timing is immaculate! immaculately adverb …

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  • 14immaculate — UK [ɪˈmækjʊlət] / US [ɪˈmækjələt] adjective 1) so clean and tidy that there is no dirt The whole house was absolutely immaculate. 2) correct or perfect in every way a player whose timing is immaculate Derived word: immaculately adverb… …

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  • 15immaculate — im•mac•u•late [[t]ɪˈmæk yə lɪt[/t]] adj. 1) free from spot or stain: immaculate linen[/ex] 2) free from moral blemish or impurity; pure 3) free from errors: an immaculate text[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L immaculātus. See im II,… …

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  • 16immaculate — adj. 1 pure, spotless; perfectly clean. 2 perfectly or extremely well executed (an immaculate performance). 3 free from fault; innocent. 4 Biol. not spotted. Phrases and idioms: Immaculate Conception RC Ch. the doctrine that God preserved the… …

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  • 17immaculate — adjective Etymology: Middle English immaculat, from Latin immaculatus, from in + maculatus stained more at maculate Date: 15th century 1. having no stain or blemish ; pure 2. containing no flaw or error 3. a. spotlessly clean b. having no colored …

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  • 18immaculate — adjective 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. mdash; Syn: spotless, undefiled …

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  • 19immaculate — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ keep sth ADVERB ▪ absolutely Immaculate is used with these nouns: ↑conception, ↑condition, ↑ …

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  • 20Immaculate Conception — • In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus… …

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