Definition of Nativety
Na*tiv"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Nativies (#). [F. nativité, L.
nativitas. See Native, and cf.
NaïvetÉ.] 1. The coming into
life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending
birth, as time, place, manner, etc. Chaucer.
I have served him from the hour of my
nativity. Shak.
Thou hast left . . . the land of thy
nativity. Ruth ii. 11.
These in their dark nativity the deep
Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
Milton.
2. (Fine Arts) 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.
3. (Astrol.) A representation of the
positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth,
supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
The Nativity, the birth or birthday of
Christ; Christmas day. -- To cast, or
calculate, one's nativity
(Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the
heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth
Nativity- the birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
- (by extension) Christmas
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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