Advent Definition
ădvĕnt
noun
The coming or arrival of something or someone that is important or worthy of note.
The advent of the computer.
American Heritage
The period including the four Sundays just before Christmas.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
The birth of Christ.
Webster's New World
The coming of Jesus at the Incarnation.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- whit-tuesday
- twelfth day
- michaelmastide
- whitweek
- lententide
- lammastide
- allhallowtide
- second advent
- Second Coming of Christ
- second-coming
- parousia
- pentecost
- whitsuntide
- whitsun
- whitmonday
pronoun
(Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
Wiktionary
(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Advent
Noun
Singular:
advent
Plural:
adventsOrigin of Advent
-
Middle English the Advent season from Old French from Latin adventus arrival from past participle of advenīre to come to ad- ad- venīre to come gwā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
-
From Latin adventus (“coming to”), perfect passive participle form of verb advenīre (“come to”).
From Wiktionary
See advent
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to advent using the buttons below.