Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - nativity
Nativity
nativity
n. (pl. -ies) 1 (esp. the Nativity) a the birth of Christ. b the festival of Christ's birth; Christmas. 2 a picture of the Nativity. 3 birth. 4 the horoscope at a person's birth. 5 a the birth of the Virgin Mary or St John the Baptist. b the festival of the nativity of the Virgin (8 Sept.) or St John (24 June). Phrases and idioms nativity play a play usu. performed by children at Christmas dealing with the birth of Christ. Etymology: ME f. OF nativit{eacute} f. LL nativitas -tatis f. L (as NATIVE)
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noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English nativite, from Anglo-French nativité, from Medieval Latin nativitat-, nativitas, from Late Latin, birth, from Latin nativus Date: 14th century the process or circumstances of being born ; birth, a horoscope at or of the time of one's birth, the place of origin ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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