Advent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important: the advent of the computer.
  • n. The liturgical period preceding Christmas, beginning in Western churches on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and in Eastern churches in mid-November, and observed by many Christians as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence.
  • n. Christianity The coming of Jesus at the Incarnation.
  • n. Christianity See Second Coming.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Coming; coming to; approach; arrival.
  • n. See Advent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
  • n. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
  • n. Coming; any important arrival; approach.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A coming into place, view, or being; visitation; arrival; accession: as, the advent of visitors, of an infant, or of death.
  • n. Specifically The coming of Christ as the Saviour of the world. Hence [capitalized] Eccles., the period immediately preceding the festival of the Nativity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
  • n. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
  • n. (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    season    reaching    arrival    manifestation   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coming    approach    arrival    onset   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arrival    come    introduction    influx    disappearance    downfall    onset    advancement    emergence    overthrow