'The Nativity' definitions:
Definition of 'The 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]
Words containing 'The Nativity'
- Native,
- Natively,
- Nativeness,
- Nativism,
- 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,
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- 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