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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