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Definition of Nativities
1. nativity [n] - See also: nativity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nativities
Literary usage of Nativities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1898)
"Our subject is the nativities of the inmates of the public charitable and penal
institutions of New York City for a period of ten years. ..."
2. Investigations in the Military and Anthropological Statistics of American by Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1869)
"Results and Inferences regarding nativities of the Volunteer Army. The numbers
in the last column of Table II. have been distributed among the different ..."
3. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"... of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from ...
Pertaining to nativities as calculated by ... He who calculates nativities. ..."
4. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"In gerre- dieting the future events of lit',-, from the the bulk. .,,,.,. , ,
science of calculating nativities, or nrc- extensively, though not universally ..."
5. New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865 by Frederick Phisterer (1890)
"nativities OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN SERVICE. Mr. BA Gould, actuary of the United
... The nativities obtained by him must have been principally of enlistments ..."
6. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1863)
"nativities.—In January, 1848, thirteen years ago^j the total white population of
California did not exceed 15000 in number, of whom two-thirds were Spanish ..."
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