Nativity
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7.4
- noun
- /nəˈtɪvɪti/
:
natividad
- She's been giving him lessons and is helping him with his lines for the Nativity play.
- Nativity scene
- nativity display
- Christmas nativity
So there was like this camel that they had hired to build a nativity scene in Kansas.
- So there was like this camel that they had hired to build a nativity scene in Kansas.
- In Catalonia nativity scenes, they have something called the Caganer CAGANER and it's a defecating man.
- They'll be a vintage, a snowman, a nativity Santa.
Examples
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Every year, many families set up a Nativity scene in their homes to commemorate the birth of Christ.
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What, a nativity scene with baby Jesus?
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I know that Christmas tree and that nativity scene.
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I want to see that Nativity play.
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It's time to think about Christmas - a nativity set for each child!
Blog text (32) -
You have to take down the nativity.
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Perhaps I could take Bill's place in the Nativity play.
Fiction book (2000) -
How was your Nativity dress rehearsal?
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Dad, Jason got sick, and I'm gonna be a shepherd in the nativity play.
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Matthew is one of the recorders of the nativity; Luke is the other.
Blog text (18)
Synonyms
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4.3
The story of the birth of Jesus in the Christian Bible
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Nativity = native (semi-transparent) = nativ + ity
The form relates to 'native'/'natal' meaning 'born', but the specific religious sense (the birth of Jesus) is specialized and not fully predictable by a learner knowing only the base and suffix.
Etymology
Nativity comes from the Latin nativitas, which means 'birth', and it refers to the birth of Jesus, often shown in a Christmas scene. It shares the same root as native, which means 'born in a place', so thinking of someone 'native' helps you remember that Nativity is about a birth.