Antonyms for nativities

Grammar : Noun

Spell : nuh-tiv-i-tee, ney-

Phonetic Transcription : nəˈtɪv ɪ ti, neɪ-

Definition of nativities

Origin : c.1200, from Old French nativité "birth" (12c.), from Late Latin nativitatem (nominative nativitas) "birth," from Latin nativus "born, native" (see native (adj.)). Late Old English had nativiteð, from earlier Old French nativited.

As in origin : noun beginning, inception
As in birth : noun becoming alive
As in childbirth : noun giving birth
As in lying-in : noun birth
As in cradle : noun early childhood; origins
As in creation : noun development of entity

Example sentences :

He had favored his friends with not a few horoscopes and nativities, when pressed to do so.
Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby

He knew all there was to know about them, their nativities and their antecedents.
Extract from : « Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas » by Raphael Aloysius Lafferty

In men's nativities the Moon must be chiefly considered in regard to marriage.
Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan

Both his Florentine "Nativities" are as awkward and clumsy in design as could be.
Extract from : « Filippo Lippi » by Paul G. Konody

Arch-genethliac: a genethliac is a calculator of nativities—an astrologer.
Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe

We are astronomers, and know the mystery of the heavens and the nativities.
Extract from : « The Wolf's Long Howl » by Stanley Waterloo

Spells and enchantments, conjurations, calculations of nativities, were matters earnestly investigated at Universities and Courts.
Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax

In nativities, they seem to consider them as indices; but, in horary questions, as causes.
Extract from : « A Morning's Walk from London to Kew » by Richard Phillips

The two nuns might be missing between the Nativities, and be found at last with a child seated between them.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Isaac D'Israeli

For the determination of future events, omens were studied, entrails inspected, and nativities were cast.
Extract from : « History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) » by John William Draper

Synonyms for nativities

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