Nativity Definition

nə-tĭvĭ-tē, nā-
nativities
noun
nativities
Birth, esp. with reference to place, time, or accompanying conditions.
Webster's New World
The birth of Jesus.
American Heritage
A representation of the newborn Jesus, typically as part of a grouping that includes Mary, Joseph, the Magi, etc.
Webster's New World
The horoscope for the time of a given person's birth.
Webster's New World
Christmas.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
the Nativity
  • the birth of Jesus
  • Christmas Day
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nativity

Noun

Singular:
nativity
Plural:
nativities

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Nativity

  • the Nativity

Origin of Nativity

  • Middle English nativite from Old French from Latin nātīvitās from nātīvus born native

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nātÄ«vitās (“birth").

    From Wiktionary

Nativity Sentence Examples

  • She assured Jerome that, in the church of the Nativity at Bethlehem, she beheld, with the eye of faith, the Christ-child wrapped in swaddling clothes (Ep. 108, 10).

  • These bells reminded Pierre that it was Sunday and the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin.

  • The Fast of the Nativity lasts for twenty-eight days before Christmas; that of the Apostles for a variable number of days from the Feast of the Ascension; and that of the Virgin for fifteen days before the Assumption.

  • The legendary tradition which even Philo accepts gives it a formal nativity, a royal patron and inspired authors.

  • The date of the Nativity as fixed according to our common computation of Anni Domini (first put forward by Dionysius Exiguus at Rome early in the 6th century) has long been recognized to be too late.

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