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nativity

[nuh-tiv-i-tee, ney-] / nəˈtɪv ɪ ti, neɪ- /








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This is especially noticeable in the Nativity panel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

These are the Annunciation, the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi; Jesus praying on the Mount of Olives, the Crucifixion and the Lamentation; and, finally, the Resurrection, Ascension and Pentecost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

But after the recent ceasefire, the holy city decided that this year the festivities would return as symbolised by the lighting of its traditional, giant Christmas tree in front of the historic Nativity Church.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Puritans also did not oppose commemorating the Nativity on principle, even if they objected to its practice at the time.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

The wood was old and the paint was cracking, giving the Nativity scene a poignant look of absolute poverty.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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