nativity (n.)

  1. the event of being born; they celebrated the birth of their first child

    [ Syn: birth , nascency , nascence ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: virgin birth , nativity ]

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