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nativity

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"Birth scene"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /nəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/Part of speech nounSorted aiinttvyStarts with NEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the event of being born

Word origin

From Middle English nativite, from Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nātīvitās (“birth”). By surface analysis, native + -ity. See also naïveté.

Used in a sentence

  • I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows.
  • And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
  • […] ‘my good old tutor […] instilled into me enough of knowledge for erecting a scheme of nativity, and therefore will I presently go about it.’

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