'Nativity' definitions:
Definition of 'nativity'
From: WordNet
noun
The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry]
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 [syn: Virgin Birth, Nativity]
Definition of 'Nativity'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I have served him from the hour of my nativity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity. --Ruth ii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fine Arts) (capitalized) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (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. [1913 Webster]
- The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day.
- To cast one's nativity or To calculate one's nativity (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nativity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboriginality,
- accouchement,
- aspect,
- astrodiagnosis,
- astrology,
- astromancy,
- autochthonousness,
- babyhood,
- beginnings,
- birth,
- birth throes,
- birthing,
- blessed event,
- childbearing,
- childbed,
- childbirth,
- childhood,
- confinement,
- cradle,
- delivery,
- freshman year,
- genesis,
- genethliac astrology,
- genethliacism,
- genethliacs,
- genethlialogy,
- giving birth,
- hatching,
- having a baby,
- horoscope,
- horoscopy,
- house,
- inception,
- inchoation,
- incipience,
- incipiency,
- incunabula,
- indigenousness,
- infancy,
- labor,
- mansion,
- multiparity,
- mundane astrology,
- mundane house,
- nascence,
- nascency,
- nationality,
- native-bornness,
- nativeness,
- nativism,
- natural astrology,
- origin,
- origination,
- parturition,
- planetary house,
- pregnancy,
- stargazing,
- the Nativity,
- the stork,
- travail,
- youth,
- zodiac
Words containing 'Nativity'
- Native,
- Natively,
- Nativeness,
- Nativism,
- The Nativity,
- Native bear,
- Native bread,
- Native devil,
- Native hen,
- Native paraffin,
- Native pheasant,
- Native rabbit,
- Native sloth,
- Native steel,
- Native thrush,
- Native turkey,
- Nativity scene,
- alaska native,
- alaskan native,
- native alaskan,
- native american,
- native australian,
- native beech,
- native cat,
- native cranberry,
- native fuchsia,
- native hawaiian,
- native holly,
- native land,
- native language,
- native orange,
- native peach,
- native pear,
- native pomegranate,
- native seal,
- native speaker,
- native sulfur,
- native sulphur,
- native wallflower,
- nativity of christ,
- Native American party,
- To calculate one's nativity,
- To cast one's nativity,
- native-born,
- native of some of the Pacific islands It is used by the natives as a candle the nut kernels being strung together The oil from the nut