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Nativity

 
/nəˈtɪv·ɪ·t̬i/ n [U]

Definition

the birth of Jesus, celebrated by Christians at Christmas: the Nativity story
(Definition of Nativity n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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