Nativity NATIVITY, n.
1. Birth; the coming into life or the world. The feast of Christmas is observed in memory of Christs nativity.
2. Time, place and manner of birth; as, to calculate ones nativity.
3. State or place of being produced.
These, in their dark nativity, the deep Shall yield us pregnant with infernal flame.

nativity n 1: the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry] 2: 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 [syn: Virgin Birth, Nativity]

nativity 12c., from O.Fr. nativit? "birth," from L.L. nativitatem (nom. nativitas) "birth," from L. nativus "born, native."

nativity
n. (pl. -ies)
1 (esp. the Nativity) a the birth of Christ. b the festival of Christ's birth; Christmas.
2 a picture of the Nativity.
3 birth.
4 the horoscope at a person's birth.
5 a the birth of the Virgin Mary or St John the Baptist. b the festival of the nativity of the Virgin (8 Sept.) or St John (24 June).
Phrases and idioms:
nativity play a play usu. performed by children at Christmas dealing with the birth of Christ.
Etymology: ME f. OF nativité f. LL nativitas -tatis f. L (as NATIVE)

Nativity The Nativity is the birth of Jesus, which is celebrated by Christians at Christmas. They admired the tableau of the Nativity. ...the Nativity story. N-SING: the N

nativity nəˈtɪvɪtɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 (esp. the Nativity) a the birth of Christ. b the festival of Christ's birth; Christmas. 2 a picture of the Nativity. 3 birth. 4 the horoscope at a person's birth. 5 a the birth of the Virgin Mary or St John the Baptist. b the festival of the nativity of the Virgin (8 Sept.) or St John (24 June). ønativity play a play usu. performed by children at Christmas dealing with the birth of Christ. [ME f. OF nativit÷ f. LL nativitas -tatis f. L (as NATIVE)]

Nativity \Na*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Nativies. [F. nativit['e], L. nativitas. See Native, and cf. Na["i]vet['E].] 1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc. --Chaucer. I have served him from the hour of my nativity. --Shak. Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity. --Ruth ii. 11. These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame. --Milton. 2. (Fine Arts) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born. 3. (Astrol.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope. The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day. To cast, or calculate, one's nativity (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.

nativity n. Birth.

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