- birth, nativity, nascency, nascence - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
--1 is a kind of change, alteration, modification
--1 has particulars:delivery; live birth; posthumous birth; posthumous birth; reincarnation, rebirth - Virgin Birth, Nativity - 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
--2 is a kind of theological doctrine, religious doctrine
--2 is a part of Christian theology