Рождество́ — meaning in English

English meaning

• Christmas noun The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, held on December 25th.
• nativity noun The birth of Jesus Christ, or a scene or display representing it.
• Noel noun A traditional Christmas carol or hymn.

Senses

Рождество́ is used for these senses in English:

• Christmas (originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
• Christmas Day The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.
• Nativity (Christianity) The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
• Noel (literary, or, old-fashioned) Christmas.

Christmas — full definition

1. noun The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, held on December 25th.
2. adj Coloured red and green, the traditional colours of the holiday.
3. verb To celebrate or spend the Christmas season somewhere.

nativity — full definition

1. noun The birth of Jesus Christ, or a scene or display representing it.
2. noun Someone's birth, or the circumstances surrounding it.

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