Creche vs. Nativity

Crechenoun

A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

Crechenoun

a day-care center for young children.

Crechenoun

a three-dimensional model of the scene described in the Bible at the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph near a manger in which a model of the infant Christ child is lain, and usually including figures of animals, shepherds, and the three wise men; - also called a Nativity scene. The figures in the scene are typically made as individual statues or figurines. Smaller models are displayed in homes and other indoor locations during the Christmans season, and larger models, often life-size, may be displayed out of doors.

Crechenoun

a nest where the young of several animals are cared for in a communal fashion.

Crechenoun

a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for

Crechenoun

a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem

Nativitynoun

Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.

Nativitynoun

(astrology) Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.

Nativitynoun

(also with capital initial) The birth of Jesus.

Nativitynoun

The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist.

Nativitynoun

(also with capital initial) A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.

Nativitynoun

(figuratively) Origin; founding.

Nativitynoun

Place of origin; place to which a species is native.

Nativitynoun

The quality of being native or innate.

Nativitynoun

The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.

Nativitynoun

A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.

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A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate one's future destinies; a horoscope.

Nativitynoun

the event of being born;

Nativitynoun

the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas