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† nataˈlitial, a. and n. Obs.
[f. L. nātālīti-us (f. nātālis natal a.1) + -al1.]
A. adj. Belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday.
1611Coryat Crudities 74 The Parish of Odcombe, my deare natalitiall place. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 175 His natalitiall hymne was sung..by a Chore of Angels. 1679Evelyn Sylva (1776) 630 We read in the life of Virgil how far his natalitial Poplar had outstripped the rest of its Contemporaries.
B. n. [L. nātālītia.] A birthday celebration.
1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 84 Our funerals border on our natalitials. |