birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
(noun) the event of being born; “they celebrated the birth of their first child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Nativity
(Christianity) The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
(by extension) Christmas.
nativity (countable and uncountable, plural nativities)
(now dated) Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth. [from 14th c.]
(astrology) Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth. [from 14th c.]
(also with capital initial) The birth of Jesus. [from 14th c.]
(Christianity, also with capital initial) The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist. [from 12th c.]
(also with capital initial) A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.
(figuratively) Origin; founding.
Place of origin; place to which a species is native.
The quality of being native or innate.
Source: Wiktionary
Na*tiv"i*ty, n.; pl. Nativies. Etym: [F. nativité, L. nativitas. See Native, and cf. NaïvetÉ.]
1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc. Chaucer. I have served him from the hour of my nativity. Shak. Thou hast left ... the land of thy nativity. Ruth ii. 11. These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame. Milton.
2. (Fine Arts)
Definition: A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.
3. (Astrol.)
Definition: A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope. The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day.
– To cast, or calculate, one's nativity (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
