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natality|nəˈtælɪtɪ|
[f. natal a.1 + -ity. In recent use ad. F. natalité.]
1. Birth. rare.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 245/1 The passyng out of thys world of sayntes is not sayd deth of sayntes but natalyte. 1830J. Badcock Ess. Foote in Foote's Wks. p. lxxvii, I should doubt whether Samuel Foote visited Truro more than once since the natality of Mr. Polwhele was proclaimed to his kindred.
2. Birth-rate; ratio of births to the population.
1888Myers Sci. & Fut. Life (1893) 104 The natality or rate of increase of different provinces of France. 1899Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 673 The revival of religious ideas..might have some effect on natality. |