Nativity Synonyms

nə-tĭvĭ-tē, nā-
The theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. the birth of Christ
  2. Holy Night
  3. virgin-birth
  4. birth
  5. coming of the Christ-child
  6. nascency
  7. nascence

Words Related to Nativity

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. christmas
  2. the Nativity
  3. annunciation

Nativity Sentence Examples

  • She assured Jerome that, in the church of the Nativity at Bethlehem, she beheld, with the eye of faith, the Christ-child wrapped in swaddling clothes (Ep. 108, 10).

  • These bells reminded Pierre that it was Sunday and the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin.

  • The Fast of the Nativity lasts for twenty-eight days before Christmas; that of the Apostles for a variable number of days from the Feast of the Ascension; and that of the Virgin for fifteen days before the Assumption.

  • The legendary tradition which even Philo accepts gives it a formal nativity, a royal patron and inspired authors.

  • The date of the Nativity as fixed according to our common computation of Anni Domini (first put forward by Dionysius Exiguus at Rome early in the 6th century) has long been recognized to be too late.

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