advent
[ ad-vent ]
/ ˈæd vɛnt /
noun
a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season.
(usually initial capital letter)
the coming of Christ into the world.
(initial capital letter)
the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world.
(usually initial capital letter)
Second Coming.
Origin of advent
1125–75; Middle English < Latin
adventus arrival, approach, equivalent to
ad-
ad- +
ven- (stem of
venīre to come) +
-tus suffix of verbal action
SYNONYMS FOR advent
Words nearby advent
Definition for advent (2 of 2)
Second Coming
noun
the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
Also called
Advent,
Second Advent.
Origin of Second Coming
First recorded in 1635–45
OTHER WORDS FROM Second Coming
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British Dictionary definitions for advent (1 of 3)
advent
/ (ˈædvɛnt, -vənt) /
noun
an arrival or coming, esp one which is awaited
Word Origin for advent
C12: from Latin
adventus, from
advenīre, from
ad- to +
venīre to come
British Dictionary definitions for advent (2 of 3)
Advent
/ (ˈædvɛnt, -vənt) /
noun
Christianity
the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas or (in Eastern Orthodox churches) the forty days preceding Christmas
British Dictionary definitions for advent (3 of 3)
Second Coming
less commonly Second Advent
noun
the prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment
Cultural definitions for advent (1 of 2)
Advent
The coming of Jesus, either in the Incarnation of biblical times or in the Second Coming at the end of the world. Also, a time observed in many Christian churches in December to prepare for Christmas.
Cultural definitions for advent (2 of 2)
Second Coming
The return of Jesus, prophesied in the New Testament, to judge the living and the dead and bring about the final triumph of good over evil. The writings of the Apostles in the New Testament express the belief that the Second Coming will happen soon and suggest that it may happen within a generation of their own time. (See Judgment Day.)
notes for Second Coming
Several
Christian denominations, such as the
Seventh-Day Adventists and the
Jehovah's Witnesses, are founded on a similar belief about the imminence of Jesus' return.