SINCE 1828
Advent
noun
Ad·vent
| \ ˈad-ˌvent
, chiefly British -vənt\
, chiefly British -vənt\
Definition of Advent
1
: the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
2a
: the coming of Christ at the Incarnation (see incarnation sense 1a(2))
b
: second coming
3
not capitalized
: a coming into being or use
the advent of spring the advent of pasteurization the advent of personal computers
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