Advent

Advent is defined as the beginning or arrival of something.

(noun)

An example of advent is the start of a new season.

In religion, the term advent is defined as the celebration of the coming of Christ.

(noun)

An example of advent is the four week period of time leading up to Christmas, the birth of Christ.

See Advent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

See Advent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important: the advent of the computer.
Advent
a. 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.
b. Christianity The coming of Jesus at the Incarnation.
c. Christianity See Second Coming.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, the Advent season

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin adventus, arrival

Origin: , from

Origin: past participle of advenīre, to come to

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + venīre, to come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots

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