/neuh tiv"i tee, nay-/ , n. , pl. nativities .
1. birth.
2. birth with reference to place or attendant circumstances: of Irish nativity.
3. ( cap. ) the birth of Christ.
4. ( cap. ) the church festival commemorating the birth of Christ; Christmas.
5. ( cap. ) a representation of the birth of Christ, as in art.
6. Astrol. a horoscope of a person's birth.
[ bef. 1150; ME nativite nativitat- (s. of nativitas; see NATIVE, -ITY); r. late OE nativiteth nativited ]