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Ad·vent (ad′vent′)

noun

  1. the period including the four Sundays just before Christmas
  2. Theol.
    1. the birth of Christ
    2. Second Coming
  3. a coming or arrival

Etymology: ME & OFr avent < ML adventus < pp. of L advenire, to come < ad-, to + venire, come

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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arrival; the coming of something; especially something long awaited.

Posted by Michael Jackson's #1 Fan 66 days ago.

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