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Advent

Ad·vent (plural Ad·vents)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. four weeks before Christmas: the four-week period leading up to Christmas, beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day

2. coming of Jesus Christ: in Christian theology, the coming of Jesus Christ

[Pre-12th century. < Latin adventus "arrival" < advenire "come to" < venire "come"]
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