nativity

n., pl., -ties.

1. Birth, especially the place, conditions, or circumstances of being born.
2. Nativity
   1. The birth of Jesus.
   2. A representation, such as a painting, of Jesus just after birth.
   3. Christmas.
3. A horoscope for the time of one's birth.

[Middle English nativite, from Old French, from Latin nātīvitās, from nātīvus, born. See native.]

The birth of Jesus, described in two of the Gospels (Matthew and Luke). When Jesus' parents, Mary and Joseph, traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem to be counted in a government census, they found that there was no room for them in the local inn. Mary gave birth to Jesus in a common stable and laid him in a manger (a feeding trough for livestock). Christians believe that Jesus' birth fulfilled many Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miraculous events, such as a star above Bethlehem that drew local shepherds as well as the Wise Men, or Magi, from a distant land.

The Nativity is celebrated at Christmas. We date our present historical era from the birth of Jesus, referring to the years before his birth as b.c. (before Christ) and the years after his birth as a.d. (anno Domini, a Latin phrase meaning “in the year of the Lord”).

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the event of being born
  Synonyms: birth, nascency, nascence

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fødsel, horoskop

idioms:

• nativity play    krybbespil

Nederlands (Dutch)
geboorte, geboorte (feest) van Christelijke heiligen, kerstvoorstelling, sterrenbeeld

Français (French)
n. - (Relig, Art) nativité

idioms:

• nativity play    mystère de la nativité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geburt

idioms:

• nativity play    Krippenspiel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γέννηση, (θρησκ.) θεία Γέννηση

idioms:

• nativity play    (θεατρ.) μυστήριο της γέννησης, παράσταση (συνήθως παιδική) που παρουσιάζει τη γέννηση του Χριστού

Italiano (Italian)
natività, nascita

idioms:

• nativity play    presepio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - natividade (f), horóscopo (m)

idioms:

• nativity play    peça de natal

Русский (Russian)
рождение, Рождество, гороскоп, составляемый при рождении

idioms:

• nativity play    рождественская мистерия

Español (Spanish)
n. - natividad, nacimiento, belén

idioms:

• nativity play    obra de teatro basada en la Natividad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - födelse, Kristi födelse, kyrkl. fest, börd, horoskop

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
出生, 基督降生

idioms:

• nativity play    关于耶稣诞生的话剧

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 出生, 基督降生

idioms:

• nativity play    關於耶穌誕生的話劇

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 출생, 그리스도의 탄생, 그리스도 탄생화, 천궁도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 出生, キリストの降誕, キリスト降誕の図, クリスマス

idioms:

• nativity play    キリスト降誕劇

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ميلاد المسيح, اصل, مولد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הולדת ישו, חג המולד, תמונת לידתו של ישו, ההורוסקופ בעת הלידה, לידה, הולדת מרים הבתולה, הולדת יוחנן המטביל, חגיגות הולדתם של יוחנן המטביל ומרים הבתולה‬

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nativity	creek nativity
boehm nativity	demdaco nativity