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- noun Christianity The
birth ofJesus as described in theGospels ofMatthew andLuke . - noun by extension
Christmas .
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Examples
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The Church of the Nativity is a shabby mess, the result of quarreling religious orders.
Zion's Vital Signs P. J. O'Rourke 2001
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The Church of the Nativity is a shabby mess, the result of quarreling religious orders.
Zion's Vital Signs P. J. O'Rourke 2001
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So The Nativity is more accurate than many of the books that have a Jesus, Mary, and Joseph who might have come straight from a DreamWorks casting call.
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And although The Nativity is widely available in bookstores, it’s so popular that it may sell out well before Christmas.
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In 2004, Vanunu attempted to celebrate his first Christmas Eve Mass as a Christian in the Little Town of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, which is in OccupiedTerritory.
The Jewish State VS Mordechai Vanunu: A Case of Christian Persecution 2009
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XLVIII, 752) he calls the Nativity the parent of festivals, for, had not Christ been born, neither would He have been baptized, hoper esti ta theophania.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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One of the first clerics to return to the Church of the Nativity was a bishop, John the Roman.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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One of the first clerics to return to the Church of the Nativity was a bishop, John the Roman.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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One of the first clerics to return to the Church of the Nativity was a bishop, John the Roman.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Like so much of the history and landscape of the Holy Land, the Church of the Nativity is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside and enigma ... and coated over with a few centuries of legend.
trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2006
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