nativity
Origin of nativity
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How to use nativity in a sentence
Christians around the country will be building crèches and parents will be enthusiastically attending nativity Plays.
nativity scenes “acknowledge the very real history and identity of the vast majority of our citizens.”
Sarah Palin Is Here to Save Christmas, Thank God | Candida Moss | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut we also have a lot of films by black filmmakers coming out soon—the two Mandela films, Black nativity, and others.
Lee Daniels on ‘The Butler,’ Working with Oprah, Trayvon Martin, and Race in America | Marlow Stern | August 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn to the Church of the nativity, where POTUS could meet with his Christian brothers and sisters for Easter.
Walking through a forest one night, meditating on the nativity, he looked through the branches of a tree and saw a star.
But sufficient can be discerned for the grasping of the idea, which seems to be a representation of the nativity.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperI will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHere is our nativity, and here have we the natural right to abide and be elevated through the measures of our own efforts.
Have one of the lieutenants open the secret files for you—it's all under 'Operation nativity.'
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim LangThy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite and thy mother a Hittite.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
British Dictionary definitions for nativity (1 of 2)
/ (nəˈtɪvɪtɪ) /
birth or origin, esp in relation to the circumstances surrounding it
Origin of nativity
1British Dictionary definitions for Nativity (2 of 2)
/ (nəˈtɪvɪtɪ) /
the birth of Jesus Christ
the feast of Christmas as a commemoration of this
an artistic representation of the circumstances of the birth of Christ
(as modifier): a Nativity play
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Cultural definitions for Nativity
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 (see also Christian) 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.
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