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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Immaculat, adj. Also: im-, inmaculate. [ME. inmaculate, immaculat(e, L. immaculātus.] Immaculate, in fig. senses; pure, spotless, undefiled. (Most freq. said of the Virgin.)c1515 Asl. MS. II. 245/2.
O hie emprys … , Princes eterne and flour immaculat 1533 Boece xi. xix. 445.
O god eterne … And thow inmaculate virgine … I beseik be propicianta1538 Abell 115 b.
Anens the inmaculat concepcyon of owr lady1562-3 Winȝet I. 29/10.
The pretious blude of the immaculat lamb, the sone of God 1558-66 Knox I. 188.
The immaculat spous of Jesus Christ a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 30.
The air was sa attemperate, But ony myst immaculate
