adventus

The Catholics call it Advent, (from the Latin word adventus, meaning "coming"); it is the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus.

Gemini Full Moon, December 1-2, 2009 2009

The word "Advent" is derived from the Latin word "adventus" which means coming.

Examiner California Headlines 2009

The name of this season is taken from the Latin adventus, which means "coming," and was used in the early church for the coming of the Son of God into the world.

Lynne Hybels: When Jesus Comes, Everything Changes: An Advent Experience In Cairo Lynne Hybels 2010

The name of this season is taken from the Latin adventus, which means "coming," and was used in the early church for the coming of the Son of God into the world.

Lynne Hybels: When Jesus Comes, Everything Changes: An Advent Experience In Cairo Lynne Hybels 2010

In the biblical reading that we just heard, taken from the First Letter to the Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul uses precisely this word: "coming," which in Greek is "parousia" and in Latin, "adventus" 1 Thessalonians 5:23.

Archive 2008-11-30 papabear 2008

In the biblical reading that we just heard, taken from the First Letter to the Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul uses precisely this word: "coming," which in Greek is "parousia" and in Latin, "adventus" 1 Thessalonians 5:23.

Zenit: Papal Advent Homily papabear 2008

Ut me levarat tuus adventus, sic discessus afflixit, (which [2314] Tully writ to Atticus) thy coming was not so welcome to me, as thy departure was harsh.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

There's an mp3 audio file of it, chanted by Benedictine monks, at Hebdomada secunda adventus Dominica, since it's also used in the 1962 Missal.

Ex Sion Argent 2006

[1] The example Housman used in the Cambridge Inaugural Lecture is Horace, Odes I, 23, v. 5, where the manuscripts have the arrival of spring (veris) fluttering the leaves, and where Richard Bentley in his famous 1711 edition read vepris (bramble) for veris, and ad ventum (in the wind) for adventus (arrival), because — Bentley said, and Housman concurred — in Latin, arrivals can't flutter anything.

On 'The Invention of Love': Another Exchange Stoppard, Tom 2000

Igitur postero die, prius quam ad oppugnandum egrederetur, equitatum omnem in ea parte, qua regis adventus erat, pro castris agitare jubet, portas et proxima loca tribunis dispertit, deinde ipse pergit ad oppidum atque uti superiore die murum aggreditur.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust