meaning of nativity
1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
2. A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.
3. A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of ones birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
4. the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesuss birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
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