nativity
nativity
Definition
na·tiv·ity (nə tiv′ə tē, nā-)
noun pl. -·ties
- birth, esp. with reference to place, time, or accompanying conditions
- Astrol. the horoscope for the time of a given person's birth
Etymology: ME natiuite < OFr nativite < LL nativitas < L nativus, native
the Nativity
- the birth of Jesus
- a representation of the newborn Jesus
- Christmas Day
Nativity
Synonyms
nativity
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- perform: The children and young people usually perform the nativity play a week or so before.
- see: See Mystic Nativity here and click the zoom symbol to explore - how many animals can you count?
- watch: Also filming took place at a school in Putney in London, where various characters watch a school nativity " .
- judge: By not judging the nativity first, we have done more harm than good.
- represent: There are several stained-glass windows; the east and west represent the Nativity and the Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord.
- concern: In one school I eavesdropped on a conversation between the Headteacher and a parent concerning the Nativity play the children were to perform.
Adjective modifier
- corresponding: Men of corresponding nativity the delegation of based system was.
- own: Remember, this applies to both the election chart and your own nativity.
- diurnal: Chart 2 is a diurnal nativity with the Sun in Aries.
- nocturnal: Chart 1 is a nocturnal nativity so it is ruled by the Moon.
- mystic: See Mystic Nativity here and click the zoom symbol to explore - how many animals can you count?
Modifies a noun
- stare: Created substitute programs to child's nativity stares quot cases were in the book.
- scene: Nativity scenes have been barred in some New York schools.
- status: Of their nativity status the index of you can become.
- play: Many of the stories converge on a school nativity play in south London, then at Heathrow.
- story: The new 2005 calendar tells the nativity story, using bright, warm colors.
- story: Yet the questioning of him by his family in Mark is carried over into other later gospels contradicting their nativity stories.
Noun used with modifier
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