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The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Christmas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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noun
Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The birth of Jesus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, countable, uncountable
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noun
The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, countable, uncountable
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noun
Origin; founding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Place of origin; place to which a species is native.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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The quality of being native or innate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Virgin Birth
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Broader terms: theological doctrine
noun
the event of being born
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: birth, nascency, nascence
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Broader terms: change, alteration, modification
Narrower terms: delivery, live birth, posthumous birth, reincarnation, rebirth, renascence
History
See nativity.
From Middle English nativite, from Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nātīvitās (“birth”). By surface analysis, native + -ity. See also naïveté.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
