Natal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Natal \Na"tal\ (n[=a]"tal), a. [L. natalis, fr. natus, p. p. of
     nasci to be born: cf. F. natal. See {Nation}, and cf.
     {Noel}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from
        one's birth; native.
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              Princes' children took names from their natal
              places.                               --Camden.
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              Propitious star, whose sacred power
              Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. --Prior.
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     2. (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.
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     Syn: Native, natural. See {Native}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  natal
       adj 1: relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal
              day"; "natal influences"
       2: of or relating to the buttocks
       n 1: a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
       2: a port city in northeastern Brazil

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "natal":
     abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning,
     budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, endemic,
     fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, homebred,
     homegrown, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural,
     inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular,
     indigenous, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory,
     introductory, inventive, nascent, native, native-born, original,
     parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime,
     primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental,
     rudimentary, ur, vernacular
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  NATALE. The state of condition of a man acquired by birth.