Synonyms for Nativity
nəˈtɪv ɪ ti, neɪ-na·tiv·i·ty

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1. birth, nativity, nascency, nascencenoun

   the event of being born

   "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

   Synonyms:
   nativity, parentage, giving birth, parturition, nascence, birthing, nascency, birth

2. Virgin Birth, Nativitynoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   parthenogenesis, nascency, parthenogeny, virgin birth, nascence, birth

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1. nativitynoun

   Synonyms:
   birth

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1. William Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 5 scene 1:

   This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.... There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.

2. Clive Staples Lewis:

   Just a hurried line...to tell a story which puts the contrast between *our* feast of the Nativity and all this ghastly Xmas racket at it's lowest. My brother heard a woman on a 'bus say, as the 'bus passed a church with a Crib outside it, Oh Lor' They bring religion into everything. Look- they're dragging it even into Christmas now

3. Michael Mars:

   There's nothing wrong with (having a nativity scene on government property) ... if other religions can be accepted as well, there can't be one dominating voice to all the voices.

4. Nicky Grimaldi:

   It really is quite unusual to find paintings hidden in this way and to discover a Nativity scene in this detail and just before Christmas was really incredible.

5. Luca Favarin:

   The nativity scene is the image of a refugee who seeks shelter and finds it in a stable.