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Advent (proper noun)
1. In the ecclesiastical calendar, the season immediately preceding the festival of the Nativity: The family looked forward to the time of Advent which included the four preceding Sundays.
2. The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour of the world; the Incarnation: The Advent refers to the expected Second Coming as the Judge, and the Coming of the Holy Spirit, as at Pentecost.
3. Etymology: from Latin, adventus,, meaning "arrival".
2. The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour of the world; the Incarnation: The Advent refers to the expected Second Coming as the Judge, and the Coming of the Holy Spirit, as at Pentecost.
3. Etymology: from Latin, adventus,, meaning "arrival".
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ven-, vent-, veni-, ventu-
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Any important or epoch-making arrival; in modern usage applied poetically or grandiloquently to any arrival; onset: With the advent of the personal computer on the market, everyone stormed the stores in order to buy one!