Advent
WordNet
noun
(1) Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
"The advent of the computer"
(2) (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
(3) The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
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Etymology
From perfect passive participle adventus, coming to, from verb advenire, come to, from prefix ad-, to, + verb venire, come
Noun
- Coming; coming to; approach; arrival.
- 1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, p. 3,
- At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.
- 1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, p. 3,
- The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
- The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.
Related terms
- advene
- Adventist
- Advent Sunday
- adventual
- Advent wreath
- avent. (French)