nativity as a noun: - 1
Nativity - 2
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.
513.
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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.
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