Nativity /(?)/
Na·tiv·i·ty
Nativity
n.
pl. Nativies
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The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
- 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. (Fine Arts) (capitalized)
- 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. (Astrol.)
Phrases & Compounds
- The Nativity
- the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day.
- To cast one's nativity
- to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.