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单词 nativity
释义 nativity
 /neuh tiv"i tee, nay-/,  n.  ,  pl.   nativities.
  1. birth.
  2. birth with reference to place or attendant circumstances: of Irish nativity.
  3. (cap.) the birth of Christ.
  4. (cap.) the church festival commemorating the birth of Christ; Christmas.
  5. (cap.) a representation of the birth of Christ, as in art.
  6.  Astrol.   a horoscope of a person's birth.
 [bef. 1150; ME nativite < MF < LL nativitat- (s. of nativitas; see NATIVE, -ITY); r. late OE nativiteth < OF nativited < LL, as above]
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