advent

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  1. noun The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important: the advent of the computer.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun Christianity The coming of Jesus at the Incarnation.
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  • It may be that the instability of petty statesmanship is to disappear, and that Providence may have in unseen reserve a group of men with mental and physical powers capable of subduing human virulence and re-creating out of the chaos the Germans have made a new and enduring civilization; and when they shall appear their advent will be applauded by the stricken world. —  Drake, Nelson and Napoleon
  • Instead of bringing peace his advent was about to open war. —  Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2
  • The factors behind the advent are classified into economical and political. —  A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros
  • By any name, though, its advent was a watershed in the evolution of the game. —  Gelf Magazine
  • Christ's advent will be a sign that many will oppose because it will reveal what people truly value, the light from on high will shine upon us and it will be clear where we truly stand. —  Scribere Orare Est
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arrival ·  come ·  introduction ·  influx ·  disappearance ·  downfall ·  onset ·  advancement ·  emergence ·  overthrow ·  demise ·  achievement
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  1. 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; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English advent, from Latin adventus, a coming to, approach, from advenire: see advene.
 

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