| slovo | definícia |  
nativity (mass) | nativity
  - zrodenie, narodenie, miesto narodenia |  
nativity (encz) | nativity,narození			 |  
nativity (encz) | nativity,zrození	n:		Zdeněk Brož |  
nativity (encz) | Nativity,panenské zrození Páně			 |  
Nativity (gcide) | Nativity \Na*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Nativies. [F. nativit['e], L.
    nativitas. See Native, and cf. Na["i]vet['e].]
    1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the
       circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner,
       etc. --Chaucer.
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             I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
                                                   --Shak.
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             Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
                                                   --Ruth ii. 11.
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             These in their dark nativity the deep
             Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
                                                   --Milton.
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    2. (Fine Arts) (capitalized) 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.
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    3. (Astrol.) 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.
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    The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas
       day.
 
    To cast one's nativity or To calculate one's nativity
       (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the
       heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.
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nativity (wn) | nativity
     n 1: the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of
          their first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency,
          nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry]
     2: the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human
        father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old
        Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the
        Nativity is celebrated at Christmas [syn: Virgin Birth,
        Nativity] |  
  | | podobné slovo | definícia |  
nativity (mass) | nativity
  - zrodenie, narodenie, miesto narodenia |  
nativity (encz) | nativity,narození			nativity,zrození	n:		Zdeněk BrožNativity,panenské zrození Páně			 |  
Nativity scene (gcide) | Creche \Cr[`e]che\ (kr[asl]sh), n. [F.]
    1. A public nursery, where the young children of poor women
       are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at
       work.
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    2. a day-care center for young children.
       [PJC]
 
    3. a three-dimensional model of the scene described in the
       Bible at the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at
       Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph near a manger in which a
       model of the infant Christ child is lain, and usually
       including figures of animals, shepherds, and the three
       wise men; -- also called a Nativity scene. The figures
       in the scene are typically made as individual statues or
       figurines. Smaller models are displayed in homes and other
       indoor locations during the Christmans season, and larger
       models, often life-size, may be displayed out of doors.
       [PJC]
 
    4. (Biol.) a nest where the young of several animals are
       cared for in a communal fashion.
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The Nativity (gcide) | Nativity \Na*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Nativies. [F. nativit['e], L.
    nativitas. See Native, and cf. Na["i]vet['e].]
    1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the
       circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner,
       etc. --Chaucer.
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             I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
                                                   --Shak.
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             Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
                                                   --Ruth ii. 11.
       [1913 Webster]
 
             These in their dark nativity the deep
             Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
                                                   --Milton.
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    2. (Fine Arts) (capitalized) 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.
       [1913 Webster]
 
    3. (Astrol.) 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.
       [1913 Webster]
 
    The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas
       day.
 
    To cast one's nativity or To calculate one's nativity
       (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the
       heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.
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