English-Thai Dictionary

nativity

N การ กำเนิด  การ ประสูติ  การ ประสูติ ของ พระเยซู  conception genesis birth kan-kam-noed

 

nativity play

N การแสดง เกี่ยวกับ วัน ประสูติ ของ พระเยซู  kan-sa-dang-kiao-kab-wan-pra-sud-kong-pare-yea-su

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NATIVITY

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 )

 

Defn: 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.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nativity

na tiv i ty |nəˈtivitē, nā -nəˈtɪvədi | ▶noun ( pl. nativities ) the occasion of a person's birth: the place of my nativity. • (usu. the Nativity ) the birth of Jesus Christ. • a picture, carving, or model representing Jesus Christ's birth. • a nativity play. • the Christian festival of Christ's birth; Christmas. • Astrology, dated a horoscope relating to the time of birth; a birth chart. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French nativite, from late Latin nativitas, from Latin nativus ‘arisen by birth ’ (see native ).

 

nativity play

na tiv i ty play |nəˈtɪvədi pleɪ | ▶noun a play, typically performed by children at Christmas, based on the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ.

 

nativity scene

na tiv i ty scene ▶noun another term for crèche ( sense 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

nativity

na ¦tiv |ity |nəˈtɪvɪti | ▶noun ( pl. nativities ) 1 the occasion of a person's birth: the place of my nativity. • Astrology, dated a horoscope relating to the time of birth; a birth chart. 2 (usu. the Nativity ) the birth of Jesus Christ. • a picture, carving, or model representing Jesus Christ's birth. • the Christian festival of Christ's birth; Christmas. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French nativite, from late Latin nativitas, from Latin nativus ‘arisen by birth ’ (see native ).

 

nativity play

na ¦tiv |ity play ▶noun a play, typically performed by children at Christmas, based on the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ.

 

nativity scene

na ¦tiv |ity scene ▶noun a model or tableau representing the scene of Jesus Christ's birth, displayed in homes or public places at Christmas.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nativity

nativity noun birth, childbirth, delivery; technical parturition; rare nascence, nascency.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nativity

na tiv i ty /nətɪ́vəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 〖the N- 〗a. キリストの降誕 ; キリスト降誕祭, クリスマス .b. 聖母マリア誕生祭 〘9月8日 〙; 聖ヨハネ誕生祭 〘6月24日 〙.2 C 〖N- 〗キリスト降誕の絵画 [彫刻 ].3 U C ｟大げさに ｠誕生, 出生 (birth ).4 C ｟やや古 ｠〘占星 〙(人の誕生時の )天宮図 .～́ pl à y 〖N- p- 〗キリスト降誕劇 .