Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Birth, especially the place, conditions, or circumstances of being born.
- noun The birth of Jesus.
- noun A representation, such as a painting, of Jesus just after birth.
- noun Christmas.
- noun A horoscope for the time of one's birth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fact of being born; birth.
- noun The circumstances attending birth, as time, place, and surroundings.
- noun In particular, the birth of Christ; hence
- noun the festival commemorating the birth of Christ; Christmas;
- noun a picture representing the birth of Christ: as, the Nativity of Perugino in the hall of the Cam bio at Perugia.
- noun In feudal times, the condition of servitude or villeinage. See
native , n., 2. - noun In astrology, a scheme or figure of the heavens, particularly of the twelve houses, at the moment when a person was born; a horoscope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
- noun (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.
- noun (Astrol.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate one's future destinies; a horoscope.
- noun the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day.
- noun (Astrol.) to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Birth ; theplace ,time andcircumstances of a birth. - noun religion The
birth ofJesus Christ (the Nativity). - noun astrology A
horoscope associated with a person's birth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the event of being born
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Caganers: figurines of defecating world leaders in Catalan nativity scenes
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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A silver star pointing to the nativity site bears the Latin words
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Along with figurines depicting the Virgin Mary, the Three Wise Men and the Christ child, a Caganer is a fixture in Catalan nativity scenes—but with a scatological twist.
Christmas, and Caganers, in Catalonia J. S. Marcus 2011
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What we're seeing in the present is the oppression, the hunting down of believers, whether it is the Muslim community who feel every day that they open the newspaper, 'Oh my gosh, it's anti-Islam again', or the Christian BA worker who is not allowed to wear a cross, or the school play that is not allowed to be called the nativity play.
Is religion a force for good... or would we be happier without God? Anushka Asthana 2010
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"For us it's not about the Christmas tree or Santa Claus; the nativity is the tradition, it's the symbol of Christmas in Italy," said Michela Rossetti, of OroIncensoeMirra. it, a Web site dedicated to the nativity and the artists who create them.
The Art of Nativity: 2007
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Pilgrims are gathering in Bethlehem's manger square, near the church of the nativity, which is built over the grotto where it is believed Jesus was born, a belief not all share.
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Proclus, whose nativity is marked by his horoscope, (A.D.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The day of his nativity was the Feast of St. Peter and
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 Various
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Kenny remarked that the squire by reason of his nativity was a fool.
Kenny Leona Dalrymple
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