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Meaning of 'nativity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nativity [ n.]
- The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
- 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.
- A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.

Meaning of 'nativity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nativity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the event of being born
Example in sentence:
  • they celebrated the birth of their first child

Nearby Words:

nat natal natal plum natalitial natalitious nataloin natals natant natantly natation

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