Nativity
[nə'tɪvɪtɪ] or [nə'tɪvəti]
Definition
(n.) The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
Checker: Stella
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Birth.
Typed by Emile
Examples
- The inventor was Alexander Graham Bell, by nativity a Scotchman, then a resident of Canada, and finally a citizen of the United States. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Church of the Nativity is almost as well packed with exceeding holy places as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre itself. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typed by Elroy