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.
Were but my soul as pure
From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold
One more immaculate.
Denham.
Thou sheer, immaculate and silver
fountain.
Shak.
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.