nativity 音标拼音: [nət'ɪvəti]
n . 出生;基督降生;圣诞节
出生;基督降生;圣诞节
nativity n 1 :
the event of being born ; "
they celebrated the birth of their first child " [
synonym : {
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 [
synonym : {
Virgin Birth },
{
Nativity }]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "
nativity ":
aboriginality ,
accouchement ,
aspect ,
astrodiagnosis ,
astrology ,
astromancy ,
autochthonousness ,
babyhood ,
beginnings ,
birth ,
birth throes ,
birthing ,
blessed event ,
childbearing ,
childbed ,
childbirth ,
childhood ,
confinement ,
cradle ,
delivery ,
freshman year ,
genesis ,
genethliac astrology ,
genethliacism ,
genethliacs ,
genethlialogy ,
giving birth ,
hatching ,
having a baby ,
horoscope ,
horoscopy ,
house ,
inception ,
inchoation ,
incipience ,
incipiency ,
incunabula ,
indigenousness ,
infancy ,
labor ,
mansion ,
multiparity ,
mundane astrology ,
mundane house ,
nascence ,
nascency ,
nationality ,
native -
bornness ,
nativeness ,
nativism ,
natural astrology ,
origin ,
origination ,
parturition ,
planetary house ,
pregnancy ,
stargazing ,
the Nativity ,
the stork ,
travail ,
youth ,
zodiac
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