Immaculate conception simply means that the Virgin Mary herself was born without original sin. Virgin birth is how Christ came about.
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Conception
//kənˈsɛpʃən//
Synonyms for "conception" (311 found)
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Closest matches (63)
conceptcreationinceptioninventionabstract thoughtact of thoughtappreciationapprehensionapproacharrangementartistic imaginationassumptionattackattitudeauthorshipbeginningbirthblueprintblueprintingbrain
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brainsbrainworkcalculationcalibercalibratecalliopecapacitycerebrationchartingclairvoyanceclimate of opinioncliocluecogitationcoinagecoming with childcommandcommencementcommon beliefcommunity sentimentcomprehensionconceitconceivingconceptualizationconclusionconcoctionconsensus gentiumconsiderationcontrivancecontrivingcreative effortcreative imaginationcreative powercreative thoughtdeductive powerdeityderivationdesigndevice
Strong matches (93)
devisingdiscourse of reasondiscoverydiscursive reasondispositioneidetic imageemergenceenterpriseenvisagementenvisagingenvisioningeratoesemplastic imaginationesemplastic powerespritestimateestimationethoseuterpeexcogitation
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eyefabricationfancyfeelingfertilizationfiguringforeknowledgeforesightforethoughtformationformulationgamegeneral beliefgenerationgenesisgeniusgodgoddessgraphinggraspgrass rootsgray mattergripground planguidelineguidelineshatchingheadheadpieceheadworkheavy thinkingideaidealideationimageimageless thoughtimageryimagery studyimagingimagismimagistic poetryimagoimpressionimprovisationinaugurationinitiationinklinginspirationintegrative powerintellectintellectionintellectual exerciseintellectual facultyintellectual graspintellectual objectintellectual powerintellectualismintellectualityintellectualizationintelligenceintelligence quotientintentionintroductioniqjudgmentknowledgelaunchlaunching
Related words (155)
layoutlifelike imagelightslineuplong-range planmaking domappingmaster planmasterymelpomenememory-tracemensmental actmental agemental capacitymental graspmental imagemental impressionmental labormental picture
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mental processmental ratiomental representationmentalitymentationmethodmethodologymindmintagemother witmusemystiquemythicizationmythificationmythopoeianative witnoesisnotionnousobjectificationobservationoperations researchopinionorganizationoriginoriginaloriginationoutlineperceptionpersonal judgmentpicturepicturingplanplanningplanning functionpoetic imagerypoetic imaginationpoint of viewpolyhymniapopular beliefpositionposturepower of mindpower of reasonprearrangementprecognitionprehensionpresumptionprevailing beliefprocedureprogramprogram of actionproposalprovenanceproveniencepsychepublic beliefpublic opinionradicalradixratioratiocinationrationalityrationalizationreactionrealizationreasonreasoningreasoning facultyreasoning powerreceptreflectionrenderingrenditionrepresentationriserootsanitysavvyscheduleschemaschematismschematizationschemescheme of arrangementscope of mindseedsensesentimentsetupshaping imaginationsightsmartssourcestancestartstemstockstraight thinkingstrategic planstrategysuperfetationsuperimpregnationsuppositionsystemsystematizationtactical plantacticstaprootterpsichorethaliathe big picturethe picturetheorythinkingthinking aloudthinking outthinking powerthoughtunderstandingvernunftversionviewvisionvisionaryvisual imagevisualizationvorstellungwayway of thinkingwisdomwitword paintingword-paintingworking plan
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1 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 54 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- konsepsie noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Arabic
2 entries- حَبَل noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- حَمْل noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Aragonese
1 entries- concepción noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Armenian
1 entries- հղիացում noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- döllənmə noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- mayalanma noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Bashkir
1 entries- төшөнсә noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Belarusian
3 entries- апладне́нне noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- апладне́ньне noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- зача́цце noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заче́ване noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- конце́пция noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- поня́тие noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- предста́ва noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Catalan
1 entries- concepció noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 受精 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- 受胎 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- 受胎啟動 /受胎启动 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- 懷孕 /怀孕 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Czech
1 entries- početí noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Danish
3 entries- befrugtning noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- konception noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- undfangelse noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Dutch
3 entries- bevruchting noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- concept noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- ontvangenis noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Esperanto
2 entries- gravediĝo noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- konceptaĵo noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Estonian
1 entries- kontseptsioon noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Finnish
4 entries- hedelmöittyminen noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- hedelmöitys noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- käsitteenmuodostus noun (the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind)
- suunnittelu noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
French
2 entries- conception noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- conception noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Galician
1 entries- concepción noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩასახვა noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
German
3 entries- Empfängnis noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- Konzeption noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- Vorstellung noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Greek
4 entries- επικύηση noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- επινόηση noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- ιδέα noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- σύλληψη noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְעַבְּרוּת noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Hindi
3 entries- गर्भधारण noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- परिकल्पना noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- संकल्पना noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Hungarian
4 entries- felfogás noun (the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind)
- fogalom noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- fogamzás noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- fogantatás noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Icelandic
1 entries- getnaður noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Irish
1 entries- coimpeart noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Italian
3 entries- concepimento noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- concetto noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- concezione noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Japanese
2 entries- 受胎 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- 妊娠 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pamangagli noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Kazakh
2 entries- тұжырымдама noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- ұрықталу noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Korean
2 entries- 수태 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- 임신 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Latin
1 entries- conceptio noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Latvian
1 entries- koncepcija noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Macedonian
1 entries- зачнување noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Middle English
2 entries- concepcioun noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- concepcioun noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Mongolian
1 entries- ойлголт noun (the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- unnfangelse noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- unnfanging noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwalaj noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Polish
2 entries- koncepcja noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- poczęcie noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Portuguese
2 entries- concepção noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- conceção noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Romanian
4 entries- concepere noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- concepere noun (the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind)
- concept noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- concepție noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Russian
4 entries- зача́тие noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- иде́я noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- конце́пция noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- поня́тие noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- koncèpcija noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- začéće noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- заче́ће noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- концѐпција noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Slovak
1 entries- počatie noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Slovene
2 entries- spočetje noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- zanositev noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Spanish
2 entries- concepción noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- ideación noun (the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind)
Swedish
1 entries- konception noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Tagalog
4 entries- kadalumatan noun (the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind)
- kadalumatan noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
- lihi noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- paglilihi noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Turkish
2 entries- aşılanma noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- döllenme noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎅𐎗𐎊 noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Ukrainian
3 entries- заплі́днення noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- зача́ття noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
- конце́пція noun (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept)
Venetan
1 entries- concesion noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quan niệm noun (initiation of an embryonic animal life)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.
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There is but One who is absolutely by and through himself, — namely, God; and God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life.
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Condillac, with sensationalism, revolutionised the concept of mind, making language and gesture prior to ideas, shattering Locke's conception of language as a mere passive medium.
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