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.

Immailed
(Im*mailed") a. Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne.

Immalleable
(Im*mal"le*a*ble) a. Not maleable.

Immanacle
(Im*man"a*cle) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Immanacling ] To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.

Although this corporal rind
Thou hast immanacled.
Milton.

Immanation
(Im"ma*na"tion) n. [Pref. im- in + L. manare to flow; cf. mantio a flowing.] A flowing or entering in; — opposed to emanation. [R.] Good.

Immane
(Im*mane") a. [L. immanis.] Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] "So immane a man." Chapman.

Im*mane"ly, adv. [Obs.]

Immanence
(Im"ma*nence Im"ma*nen*cy) n. The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling.

[Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing the immanence of God. Christ is everywhere presented by him as Deity indwelling in the world.
A. V. G. Allen.

Immanent
(Im"ma*nent) a. [L. immanens, p. pr. of immanere to remain in or near; pref. im- in + manere to remain: cf. F. immanent.] Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; — opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective.

A cognition is an immanent act of mind.
Sir W. Hamilton.

An immanent power in the life of the world.
Hare.

Immanifest
(Im*man"i*fest) a. Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Immanity
(Im*man"i*ty) n. [L. immanitas.] The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak.

Immantle
(Im*man"tle) v. t. See Emmantle. [R.]

Imitator
(Im"i*ta"tor) n. [L.] One who imitates.

Imitatorship
(Im"i*ta`tor*ship), n. The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship." Marston.

Imitatress
(Im"i*ta`tress) n. A woman who is an imitator.

Imitatrix
(Im"i*ta`trix) n. An imitatress.

Immaculate
(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.


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