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nativity

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na·tiv·i·ty  (n-tv-t, n-)
n. pl. na·tiv·i·ties
1. Birth, especially the place, conditions, or circumstances of being born.
2. Nativity
a. The birth of Jesus.
b. A representation, such as a painting, of Jesus just after birth.
c. Christmas.
3. A horoscope for the time of one's birth.

[Middle English nativite, from Old French, from Latin ntvits, from ntvus, born; see native.]

nativity
Noun
pl -ties birth or origin [Late Latin nativitas birth]

Nativity
Noun
Christianity
1. the birth of Jesus Christ
2. the feast of Christmas celebrating this

nativity
1. the time, place, and circumstances of a person’s birth.
2. the configuration of the planets at the time of a person’s birth and a representation, as a chart, of that configuration.
See also: Astrology, Birth
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nativitynativity - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
delivery - the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
live birth - the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)
posthumous birth - birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
posthumous birth - birth of a child after the father has died
rebirth, reincarnation, renascence - a second or new birth
2.nativityNativity - the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
theological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group

Nativity
noun birth of Christ, manger scene
Translations
Spanish Nativity [nəˈtɪvɪtɪ] n the Nativity → Navidad f
French Nativity [nəˈtɪvɪtɪ] n (Rel);
the Nativity → la Nativité

German Nativity [nəˈtɪvɪtɪ] n the Nativity → Christi Geburt f
Italian Nativity [nəˈtɪvɪtɪ] n (REL): the Nativity → la Natività

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Pena, that the Queen Mother, who was given to curious arts, caused the King her husband's nativity to be calculated, under a false name; and the astrologer gave a judgment, that he should be killed in a duel; at which the Queen laughed, thinking her husband to be above challenges and duels: but he was slain upon a course at tilt, the splinters of the staff of Montgomery going in at his beaver.
These bells reminded Pierre that it was Sunday and the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin.
In Missouri a recognized superiority attached to any person who hailed from Old Virginia; and this superiority was exalted to supremacy when a person of such nativity could also prove descent from the First Families of that great commonwealth.
 
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