Synonyms for nativity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nuh-tiv-i-tee, ney- |
| Phonetic Transcription : nəˈtɪv ɪ ti, neɪ- |
Top 10 synonyms for nativity
- accouchement
- act of God
- alpha
- babyhood
- bearing
- bearing children
- birthing
- blast off
- blessed event
- childbearing
- childbed
- Christmas Day
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas night
- Christmastide
- Christmastime
- commencement
- conception
- confinement
- constitution
- creation
- dawn
- dawning
- day one
- delivering
- early stage
- embarkation
- emergence
- entrance
- entry
- festive season
- forging
- foundation
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- generation
- git go
- imagination
- inauguration
- inception
- infancy
- ingress
- initiation
- institution
- introduction
- labor
- launch
- laying down
- lying-in
- making
- nascency
- natality
- nativity
- Noel
- nursery
- opener
- origin
- origination
- outbreak
- outset
- parturience
- parturition
- procreation
- producing
- propagation
- reproduction
- rise
- setting up
- siring
- source
- spring
- square one
- start
- starting point
- the Nativity
- travail
- ultimate cause
- visit from stork
- visit from the stork
- wellspring
- Xmas
- Yule
- Yuletide
Définition of nativity
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 Xmas : noun christmas
- As in Christmas : noun christmastime
- 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
- This then is the meaning of the Christmas Tree and of its presence at the Nativity.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- I have not been able to ascertain the place of Kidd's nativity.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various
- In the first chapel is a “Nativity” by Pinturicchio, who also painted the lunettes.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- In the centre is the Nativity, with a portrait of Bladelin kneeling, and angels.
- Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
- Was there a new soul incarnated, she was there to rejoice at the nativity.
- Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
- The season of the Feast of the Nativity, Christmas-day of the year 800, duly came.
- Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
- (I also) echoed a fourth, whose tongue proclaimed him of Spanish nativity.
- Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid
- The Nativity, &c., are celebrated for eight days, which is the octave.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 » by Various
- They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.
- Extract from : « The Merry Wives of Windsor » by William Shakespeare
- Together with some observations on the nativity of the Grand Seignior.
- Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
Antonyms for nativity
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