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plural nascences
(rare) Birth. quotations
He had discerned that I was with child. He was a physician first. When he came around offering to see me through my baby's nascence, Mother so thoroughly scolded him for his audacity that he was again left speechless. "I will see to the birth ..."
2004, Linda Dorrell, The Trees of Eden: A Novel, Fleming H Revell Company
Coming into being; inception, beginning. quotations examples
Careful examination of Romaine's prophecy reveals the operative nature of the Kongolese religious habitus in the nascence of Haitian Vodou, a religion that truly began to crystallize during the Revolution.
2014, Terry Rey, Bourdieu on Religion: Imposing Faith and Legitimacy, Routledge, page 119