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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
--Shak.
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Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
--Ruth ii. 11.
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These in their dark nativity the deep
Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
--Milton.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
--Shak.
Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
--Ruth ii. 11.
These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield
us, pregnant with infernal flame. --Milton.
2. (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.
3. (Astrol.) A representation of the positions of the
heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to
indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas
day.
To
cast, or calculate,
one's nativity (Astrol.), to find out and represent the
position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's
birth.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
the Nativity /ðə nɐtˈɪvɪti/
Christi Geburt [relig.]
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