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advent


noun

  1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season.
  2. (usually initial capital letter) the coming of Christ into the world.
  3. (initial capital letter) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world.
  4. (usually initial capital letter) Second Coming.

noun

  1. the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.

noun

  1. an arrival or coming, esp one which is awaited

noun

  1. Christianity the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas or (in Eastern Orthodox churches) the forty days preceding Christmas

noun

  1. the prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment
n.

“important arrival,” 1742, an extended sense of Advent “season before Christmas” (Old English), from Latin adventus “a coming, approach, arrival,” in Church Latin “the coming of the Savior,” from past participle stem of advenire “arrive, come to,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + venire “to come” (see venue). In English, also sometimes extended to the Pentecost.

The coming of Jesus, either in the Incarnation of biblical times or in the Second Coming at the end of the world. Also, a time observed in many Christian churches in December to prepare for Christmas.

The return of Jesus, prophesied in the New Testament, to judge the living and the dead and bring about the final triumph of good over evil. The writings of the Apostles in the New Testament express the belief that the Second Coming will happen soon and suggest that it may happen within a generation of their own time. (See Judgment Day.)

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