n. The fact of being born; birth.n. The circumstances attending birth, as time, place, and surroundings.n. In particular, the birth of Christ; hencen. the festival commemorating the birth of Christ; Christmas;n. a picture representing the birth of Christ: as, the Nativity of Perugino in the hall of the Cam bio at Perugia.n. In feudal times, the condition of servitude or villeinage. See native, n., 2.n. In astrology, a scheme or figure of the heavens, particularly of the twelve houses, at the moment when a person was born; a horoscope.