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NATIVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
Nativity; Virgin Birth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Nativity" is a kind of...):
theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)
Holonyms ("Nativity" is a part of...):
Christian theology (the teachings of Christian churches)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The event of being born
Example:
they celebrated the birth of their first child
Synonyms:
birth; nascence; nascency; nativity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nativity" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nativity"):
delivery (the event of giving birth)
live birth (the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation))
posthumous birth (birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother)
posthumous birth (birth of a child after the father has died)
rebirth; reincarnation; renascence (a second or new birth)
