immaculism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]immaculate + -ism
Noun
[edit]immaculism (uncountable)
- (Christianity) Belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
- Antonym: maculism
- 2020, Racha Kirakosian, “Introduction”, in The Life of Christina of Hane, →ISBN, page xxx:
- Although the Dominicans continuously disapproved of immaculism, the conflict became considerably fiercer in the aftermath of the Council of Basel (1431–1449), when the Immaculate Conception was elevated to a dogma.