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

  Nativity \Na*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Nativies}. [F. nativit['e], L.
     nativitas. See {Native}, and cf. {Na["i]vet['e]}.]
     1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the
        circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner,
        etc. --Chaucer.
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              I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
                                                    --Ruth ii. 11.
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              These in their dark nativity the deep
              Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. (Fine Arts) (capitalized) A picture representing or
        symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form
        is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and
        an ass to express the stable in which he was born.
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     3. (Astrol.) A representation of the positions of the
        heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to
        indicate one's future destinies; a horoscope.
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     {The Nativity}, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas
        day.
  
     {To cast one's nativity} or {To calculate one's nativity}
        (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the
        heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.
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