Meanings
nounnativity play (plural nativity plays)
plural nativity plays
- ChristianityA dramatic depiction of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, commonly performed by children in churches and in Christian schools during the Christmas season.
Her most significant role to date had been as a sheep in the school nativity play.
2008 October 4, Kevin Maher, “Dakota Blue Richards has become a girl in 10,000”, in TimesOnline, UK, retrieved 14 Oct 2008
Translations
Danish krybbespil
- krybbespilthe production/performance
Finnish joulukuvaelma
- joulukuvaelmathe production/performance
French mystère de la nativité
- mystère de la nativitéthe production/performance
German Krippenspiel
- Krippenspielthe production/performance
Hungarian betlehemes játék
- betlehemes játékthe production/performance
Italian presepio
- presepiothe production/performance
Polish jasełka, szopka
- jasełkathe production/performance
- szopkathe production/performance
Portuguese peça de natal
- peça de natalthe production/performance
Russian рождественская мистерия
- рождественская мистерия (roždestvenskaja misterija)the production/performance
Swedish julspel
- julspelthe production/performance
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APA
nativity play. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nativity%20play
MLA
“nativity play.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nativity%20play. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nativity play,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nativity%20play.
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