noun.
The fact of being born; birth.
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The circumstances attending birth, as time, place, and surroundings.
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In particular, the birth of Christ; hence
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the festival commemorating the birth of Christ; Christmas;
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a picture representing the birth of Christ: as, the Nativity of Perugino in the hall of the Cam bio at Perugia.
noun.
In feudal times, the condition of servitude or villeinage. See native, n., 2.
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In astrology, a scheme or figure of the heavens, particularly of the twelve houses, at the moment when a person was born; a horoscope.