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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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nativity
n 1: the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of
their first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency,
nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry]

2: 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]
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nativity [nətivitiː]
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