nativity as a noun: 1 Nativity 2
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Nativity noun
1 nativity The event of being born.
synonyms: birth , nascence , nascency .
Roget 66 :beginning ,
commencement ,
opening ,
outset ,
incipience ,
inception ,
inchoation † ;
introduction
etc.
(precursor)
64 alpha ,
initial ;
inauguration ,
debut ,
le premier pas ,
embarcation [Fr.] ,
rising of the curtain ;
maiden speech ;
outbreak ,
onset ,
brunt ;
initiative ,
move ,
first move ;
narrow end of the wedge ,
thin end of the wedge ;
fresh start ,
new departure .
origin
etc.
(cause)
153 source ,
rise ;
bud ,
germ
etc.
153 egg ,
rudiment ;
genesis ,
primogenesis † ,
birth ,
nativity ,
cradle ,
infancy ;
start ,
inception ,
creation ,
starting point
etc.
293 dawn
etc.
(morning)
125 evolution .
title-page ;
head ,
heading ;
van
etc.
(front)
234 caption ,
fatihah † .
entrance ,
entry ;
inlet ,
orifice ,
mouth ,
chops ,
lips ,
porch ,
portal ,
portico ,
propylon † ,
door ;
gate ,
gateway ;
postern ,
wicket ,
threshold ,
vestibule ;
propylaeum † ;
skirts ,
border
etc.
(edge)
231 first stage ,
first blush ,
first glance ,
first impression ,
first sight .
rudiments ,
elements ,
outlines ,
grammar ,
alphabet ,
ABC .
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Roget 511 :prediction ,
announcement ;
program ,
programme [Brit.]
etc.
(plan)
626 premonition
etc.
(warning)
668 prognosis ,
prophecy ,
vaticination ,
mantology † ,
prognostication ,
premonstration † ;
augury ,
auguration † ;
ariolation † ,
hariolation † ;
foreboding ,
aboding † ;
bodement † ,
abodement † ;
omniation † ,
omniousness † ;
auspices ,
forecast ;
omen
etc.
512 horoscope ,
nativity ;
sooth † ,
soothsaying ;
fortune telling ,
crystal gazing ;
divination ;
necromancy
etc.
992 [Divination by the stars] astrology † ,
horoscopy † ,
judicial astrology † .
[Place of Prediction].
adytum
prefiguration † ,
prefigurement ;
prototype ,
type .
[person who predicts]
oracle
etc.
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Dutch: geboorte Polish: narodzenie się, przyjście na świat, urodzenie się
2 Nativity 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 .
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more .
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