English
Etymology
From Template:L. immaculatus; prefix im- not + maculatus, past participle of maculare to spot, stain, from macula spot. Middle English immaculat. See mail armor.
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. — Jordan Denham?
- Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. — Shakespeare, Richard II, V-iii.
Derived expressions
- Immaculate conception, (Roman Catholic Church): the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin.
- Immaculately
- Immaculateness