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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] |
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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.
[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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
[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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