Origin: F. Nativite, L. Nativitas. See Native, and cf. Naivete.
1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc. I have served him from the hour of my nativity. (Shak) Thou hast left . The land of thy nativity. (ruth II. 11) These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame. (milton)
3. (Science: astronomy) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope. The Nativity, the birth or birthday of christ; christmas day.