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Definitions: Nativity |
NativityNoun1. The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child". 2. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nativity" was first used: 12th century. (references) |
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Census | There are two major categories of nativity, Native born and Foreign born (see Native born above). (references) |
Literature | Nativity (The) means Christmas Day, the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. The Cave of the Nativity is under the chancel of the "church of the Nativity." In the recess, a few feet above the ground is a stone slab with a star cut in it, to mark the spot where the Saviour was born. Near it is a hollow scraped out of the rock, said to be the place where the infant Jesus was laid. To cast a man's nativity is to construct a plan or map out of the position, etc., of the twelve houses which belong to him, and to explain the scheme. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Nativity refers to the birth of Jesus Christ.
According to the Bible Jesus was born in the city of Bethlehem in a stable, surrounded by farm animals and shepherds. The baby Jesus was born into a manger from the Virgin Mary assisted by her husband Joseph. The odd location of the birth was the result of the refusal of a nearby inn to accommodate the expecting couple. Three wise men were also said to have visited the event, bearing gifts.
Remembering or re-creating the Nativity is one of the central ways Christians celebrate Christmas. In Christian churches children will often perfom plays re-creating the events of the Nativity, or sing some of the numerous Christmas carols that reference the event. Many Christians will also display a small re-creation of the Nativity known as a Nativity scene in their homes, using wooden figurines to portray the key characters of the event.
Though Jesus's birth is celebrated on December 25, most scholars agree that it is unlikely he was actually born on this date.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nativity."
Synonyms: NativitySynonyms: birth (n), nascence (n), nascency (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: death (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Origin; (cause); source, rise; bud, germ; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point; dawn; (morning); evolution. |
Prediction | Verb: predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes; cast a horoscope, cast a nativity; advise; forewarn. |
Noun: prediction, announcement; program, programme; (plan); premonition; (warning); prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology, prognostication, premonstration; augury, auguration; ariolation, hariolation; foreboding, aboding; bodement, abodement; omniation, omniousness; auspices, forecast; omen; horoscope, nativity; sooth, soothsaying; fortune telling, crystal gazing; divination; necromancy. | |
Sorcery | Verb: practice sorcery;Noun: cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant; bewitch, bedevil; hoodoo, voodoo; entrance, mesmerize, magnetize; fascinate; (influence); taboo; wave a wand; rub the ring, rub the lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep; raise spirits from the dead. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nativity |
| English words defined with "nativity": Apotelesm ♦ creche ♦ Natalitious, Nativies, Nowel ♦ Parousia, Patavinity ♦ The Nativity ♦ virgin birth. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nativity": Feasts ♦ Halo ♦ Nativity scene ♦ Odd Numbers ♦ Shandean Exactness, St. John's Eve, St. Mark's Eve. (references) |
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Screenplays | Oh God. One Christmas our dog, Vandi, stole The Baby Jesus from the Nativity scene and my mother ran through the neighborhood in her housecoat screaming 'Vandi you eat that Baby Jesus you're going to Doggy Hell. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Twinkling colored lights are nice and so are plastic Santas and reindeers and nativity scenes, but let me tell you something. (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Nativity Cycle (1956) Nativity Blues (1989) The Nativity (1986) | |
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Christopher Marlowe | You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell. |
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Business | Sweden had an elderly population earlier than many other countries because of its low nativity levels at the end of the 19th century. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HALO, n. Properly, a luminous ring encircling an astronomical body, but not infrequently confounded with "aureola," or "nimbus," a somewhat similar phenomenon worn as a head-dress by divinities and saints. The halo is a purely optical illusion, produced by moisture in the air, in the manner of a rainbow; but the aureola is conferred as a sign of superior sanctity, in the same way as a bishop's mitre, or the Pope's tiara. In the painting of the Nativity, by Szedgkin, a pious artist of Pesth, not only do the Virgin and the Child wear the nimbus, but an ass nibbling hay from the sacred manger is similarly decorated and, to his lasting honor be it said, appears to bear his unaccustomed dignity with a truly saintly grace. |
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| "Nativity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nativity" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 93 | 34,067 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "nativity". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Molid | N/A | Biblical | Nativity |
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Expressions using "nativity": cast a nativity ♦ nativity of Christ ♦ nativity of mary ♦ nativity play ♦ nativity scene ♦ one's nativity ♦ the nativity ♦ to calculate one's nativity ♦ to cast one's nativity. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "nativity": Neo-nativity. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nativity | 394 |
nativity scene | 99 |
nativity set | 50 |
church of the nativity | 34 |
english nativity | 19 |
nativity in black | 13 |
nativity school | 11 |
catholic church nativity | 9 |
precious moment nativity | 9 |
willow tree nativity | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nativity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lindje (accouchement, birth, dawn, delivery, East, generation, genesis, giving birth, labor, labour, nascence, nascency, Orient, origination, procreation, progeniture, rise), lindja e krishtit, horoskop (horoscope). (various references) | |
Arabic | ميلاد السيد المسيح (the nativity), ولادة (accouchement, birth, confinement, delivery, giving birth). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рождество христово, рождение, хороскоп (horoscope), произход (background, beginning, birth, blood, derivation, descent, extraction, filiation, fountain, genesis, line, mint, origin, origination, origins, parentage, pedigree, provenance, provenience, rise, stock). (various references) | |
Czech | narození (birth), zrození. (various references) | |
Danish | julekrybbe (crib, Nativity scene). (various references) | |
Dutch | krib (crib, groin, groyne, manger, Nativity scene, spit, spur, trough). (various references) | |
French | nativité. (various references) | |
German | geburt (birth, childbirth, child-birth, delivery, descent, fruit, parturition, partus). (various references) | |
Greek | γέννηση (birth, childbirth, delivery, ganeration, nascency, parturition, partus, procreation, progeniture). (various references) | |
Hungarian | horoszkóp (horoscope). (various references) | |
Italian | nativit (birth). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "誕 (birth). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいた" (birth, charcoal making), ""うた" (birth), "うた" (birth, end, exaggerated beyond recognition, lies, nonsense, wild talk). (various references) | |
Manx | ruggyr (birth; Rugby football, rugby, rugger), cheet nyn Jiarn (Advent), cheet er y theihll. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ativitynay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nativos (natives), natividade, nascimento de cristo, nascimento (birth, heatspot, rising, uprise). (various references) | |
Romanian | naştere (accouchement, bearing, birth, childbirth, confinement, deliverance, delivery, genesis, get, lying in, parentage, parturition, rise, strain), loc de origine. (various references) | |
Russian | рождение (accouchement, birth, delivery, giving birth, nascency). (various references) | |
Scottish | dùthchas (hereditary right or, heredity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rođenje (birth), rađanje (birth, nascency, parturition, procreation), gospojina (assumption). (various references) | |
Spanish | navidad (Christmas, Christmas Day, Noel, xmas, Yule), natividad, nacimiento (birth, calve, crib, dawn, detonation, formation, Nativity scene, rise, rising, source). (various references) | |
Swedish | nativitet (birth rate, birth-rate, natality), födelse (birth, fall). (various references) | |
Turkish | doğum (accouchement, birth, childbearing, delivery, Natal, obstetric, parturition, puerperal, termination of pregnancy), doğuş (birth, genesis, nascency, Natal, origin, rise, rising). (various references) | |
Ukranian | різдво христове, гороскоп (ascendant, horoscope), народження (birth), місце народження (birthplace). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nativitate, nativitatis, nativus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 11, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai apeqanen arran enwpion qara tou patroV autou en th gh h egenhqh en th cwra twn caldaiwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum in terra nativitatis suae in Ur Chaldeorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Aran was deed bifore Thare, his fadre, in the lond of his birthe, in Vr of Caldeis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Haran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 11, Verse 28 |
| Bulgarian | И Аран умря преди баща си Тара в Ур Халдейски, в родната си земя. |
| Cebuano | Ug namatay si Haran, sa wala pa mamatay ang iyang amahan nga si Tare sa yuta nga iyang natawohan; sa Ur sa mga Caldehanon. |
| Chinese | " 蘭 死 在 他 的 本 地 迦 ' 底 的 吾 珥 、 在 他 父 親 他 拉 之 先 。 |
| Croatian | Haran umrije za života svoga oca Teraha, u svome rodnom kraju, u Uru Kaldejskom. |
| Danish | Haran døde i sin Fader Taras Levetid i sin Hjemstavn i Ur Kasdim. |
| Dutch | En Haran stierf voor het aangezicht zijns vaders Terah, in het land zijner geboorte, in Ur der Chaldeen. |
| Finnish | Ja Haaran kuoli ennen isäänsä Terahia synnyinmaassansa, Kaldean Uurissa. |
| French | Et Haran mourut en présence de Térach, son père, au pays de sa naissance, Ur en Chaldée. - |
| German | Haran aber starb vor seinem Vater Tharah in seinem Vaterlande zu Ur in Chaldäa. |
| Haitian Creole | Aran mouri anvan papa l'. Li mouri lavil Our nan peyi Kalde kote l' te fèt la. |
| Hungarian | Meghala pedig Hárán, az õ atyjának Thárénak szemei elõtt, az õ születésének földjén, Úr-Kaszdimban. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Haran meninggal di kampung halamannya, yaitu Ur di Babilonia, pada waktu ayahnya masih hidup. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Haran itu mati dahulu dari pada Terah, bapanya, di tanah tempat ia tumpah darah, yaitu di Urkasdim. |
| Italian | Aran poi morì alla presenza di suo padre Terach nella sua terra natale, in Ur dei Caldei. |
| Korean | 하 란 은 그 아 비 데 라 보 다 먼 본 갈 대 아 우 르 에 서 죽 었 " 라 |
| Maori | A i mate a Harana i te oranga ano o tona papa o Teraha i te whenua i whanau ai ia, i Uru o nga Karari. |
| Modern Greek | Και απεθανεν ο Αρραν ενωπιον Θαρα του πατρος αυτου εν τω τοπω της γεννησεως αυτου, εν Ουρ των Χαλδαιων. |
| Norwegian | Og Haran døde hos sin far Tarah i sitt fedreland, i Ur i Kaldea. |
| Portuguese | Harã morreu antes de seu pai Tera, na terra do seu nascimento, em Ur dos Caldeus. |
| Rumanian | Wi Haran a murit kn faya tatqlui squ Terah, kn yara kn care se nqscuse, kn Ur kn Haldea. - |
| Russian | й ХНЕТ бТБО ТЙ жБТТЕ, ПФ"Е УЧПЕН, Ч ЪЕНМЕ ТПЦ"ЕОЙС УЧПЕЗП, Ч хТЕ иБМ"ЕКУЛПН. |
| Spanish | Harán murió antes que su padre Taré, en el lugar donde había nacido, en Ur de los caldeos. |
| Swedish | Och Haran dog hos sin fader Tera i sitt fädernesland, i det kaldeiska Ur. |
| Thai | ฮารานไ"้สิ้นชีวิตก่อนเทราห์ผู้เป็นบิ"าของเขาในแผ่น"ินที่เขาบังเกิ" ในเมืองเออร์ของชาวเคลเ"ีย |
| Ukrainian | "аран же помер за життя свого батька, у краї свого народження, в Урі халдейському. |
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Misspellings | |
"Nativity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: naiviety, naivity, nomicity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nativity" (pronounced nuti"vutē) |
| 7 | -u t i" v u t ē | insensitivity, negativity, oversensitivity, relativity, sensitivity. |
| 6 | -t i" v u t ē | activity, captivity, conductivity, connectivity, creativity, festivity, hyperactivity, inactivity, objectivity, productivity, radioactivity, reactivity, receptivity, retroactivity, selectivity, subjectivity, superconductivity. |
| 5 | -i" v u t ē | aggressivity, exclusivity, expressivity, passivity, proclivity, progressivity, reflexivity. |
| 4 | -v u t ē | brevity, cavity, depravity, gravity, hypersensitivity, levity, longevity, velvety. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, causality, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, necessity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, profanity, profitability, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, readability, reality, reciprocity, regularity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, suitability, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-n-t-t-v-y" | |
-1 letter: tantivy. | |
-2 letters: titian, vanity. | |
-3 letters: natty, nitty, taint, titan, vitta. | |
-4 letters: anti, ayin, inia, inti, navy, tain, tint, tiny, titi, tivy, tyin, vain, vina, viny, vita. | |
-5 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, any, att, ivy, nay, nit, tan, tat, tav, tin, tit, van, vat, via, yin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-n-t-t-v-y" | |
+2 letters: inactivity, invitatory, negativity. | |
+3 letters: antigravity. | |
+4 letters: intravitally, transitively, transitivity. | |
+5 letters: inattentively, inevitability, interactively, investigatory, nonadditivity, noncreativity, terminatively, underactivity. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 74 69 76 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .- - .. ...- .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a t i v i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0074 0069 0076 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4867867588758691 |
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