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1. (n.) nativity
birth, esp. with reference to place or attendant circumstances.
2. nativity
(cap.) the birth of Christ.
3. nativity
(cap.) Christmas.
4. nativity
a horoscope of a person's birth.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME nativite < OF nativité < LL nātīvitās)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
the event of being born
"they celebrated the birth of their first child"
2. (noun) Virgin Birth, Nativity
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nativity
the coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc
2. (noun) nativity
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. (noun) nativity
a representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope
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