What does Nativity mean?
Definitions for Nativity
nəˈtɪv ɪ ti, neɪ-na·tiv·i·ty
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Nativity.
Princeton's WordNet
birth, nativity, nascency, nascencenoun
the event of being born
"they celebrated the birth of their first child"
Virgin Birth, Nativitynoun
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
Wiktionary
nativitynoun
Birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
nativitynoun
The birth of Jesus Christ (the Nativity).
nativitynoun
A horoscope associated with a person's birth.
Nativitynoun
The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Nativitynoun
Christmas.
Etymology: nativitas, birth
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nativitynoun
Etymology: nativité, French.
Concluding ever with a thanksgiving for the nativity of our Saviour, in whose birth the births of all are only blessed. Francis Bacon.
My husband, and my children both,
And you the calenders of their nativity,
Go to a gossip’s feast. William Shakespeare, Com. of Errors.They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. William Shakespeare, Merr. W. of Win.
When I vow, I weep; and vows so born,
In their nativity all truth appears. William Shakespeare, Mid. N. Dream.Thy birth and thy nativity is of Canaan. Ezek. xvi. 3.
These, in their dark nativity, the deep
Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame. John Milton.
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nativity
Nativity generally refers to the process, circumstances, or place of being born, often associated with one's birthplace or origin. It is also commonly used in a religious context to signify the birth of Jesus Christ in Christianity.
Webster Dictionary
Nativitynoun
the coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc
Nativitynoun
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
Nativitynoun
a representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope
Etymology: [F. nativit, L. nativitas. See Native, and cf. Navet.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Nativity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Nativity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Nativity in a Sentence
We are here in life for but one reason-to learn to climb through ascensions of consciousness into the true Selfhood which is within us-the Selfhood which belongs to the eternal, the Selfhood which is our real nativity, our home in God's spirit.
You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.
It really is quite unusual to find paintings hidden in this way and to discover a Nativity scene in this detail and just before Christmas was really incredible.
The nativity scene is the image of a refugee who seeks shelter and finds it in a stable.
The words the Lord Jesus occur three times in the carol and point to the central message of Christmas which is : God is with us in Jesus. Everything in the Church, where the Nativity play is being held, points to this central truth of the Christian Faith.
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- ميلاد السيد المسيحArabic
- nativityDanish
- GeburtGerman
- naskiĝoEsperanto
- natividad, navidad, nacimientoSpanish
- syntymäFinnish
- NativitéFrench
- जन्मHindi
- horoszkópHungarian
- nativitàItalian
- RadixLatin
- tweliedMaltese
- geboorteDutch
- nativityNorwegian
- narodzenie, horoskopPolish
- natividadePortuguese
- natalitate, naștere, Naşterea DomnuluiRomanian
- место рождения, рождение, рождество Христово, РождествоRussian
- nativitetSwedish
- జననTelugu
- doğuşTurkish
- sự ra đờiVietnamese
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