Nativity

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( 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.

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

(3): ( 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.

King James Dictionary [2]

Nativity, n.

1. Birth the coming into life or the world. The feast of Christmas is observed in memory of Christs nativity. 2. Time, place and manner of birth as, to calculate ones nativity. 3. State or place of being produced.

These, in their dark nativity, the deep Shall yield us pregnant with infernal flame.

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