Nativity

n. the Nativity, birth of Jesus Christ; Christmas, Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ

n. birth; birthplace; process of birth; the Nativity, birth of Jesus Christ; Christmas, Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ

Nativity story redirects here. For the 2006 film, see The Nativity Story. The Nativity of Jesus, or simply the Nativity, is the story of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.For Christians, the authoritative accounts are those given in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke that form part of the New Testament of the Bible. More elaborate accounts of the events relating to the birth of Jesus have also been preserved, but they have not been included in the Christian canon of the Bible. The Gospel of Mark, arguably the earliest of the canonical gospels, is silent on the nativity.
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Noun
1. the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
(synonym) Virgin Birth
(hypernym) theological doctrine, religious doctrine
(part-holonym) Christian theology

Noun
1. the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
(synonym) birth, nascency, nascence
(hypernym) change, alteration, modification
(hyponym) delivery

(n.)
The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
  

(n.)
A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
  

(n.)
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.
  

Nativity In Christianity, the supposed birth of Jesus about the time of the winter solstice. This date is due to the labors of the 6th century Roman abbot, Dionysius Exiguus. The first year of this reckoning, which later became the accepted Christian era, is called 1 AD, and the preceding year is called by chronologers 1 BC, but others here insert a year zero. The epoch of the birth or nativity of Jesus is generally thought to be four years too late, but one may have well-grounded suspicions that these four years themselves are far too late, and efforts by various scholars have at times been made to place the birth of Jesus in the reign of Alexander Jannaeus, the son of Johannes Hyrcanus, the same Alexander having succeeded his brother Aristobolus I, as King of the Jews, in 104 BC.
Also used for the chart which is cast at the moment of a person's birth in drawing up a horoscope.