▶noun
1 the arrival of a notable person or thing.
2 (Advent) Christian Theology the coming or second coming of Christ.
■ the first season of the Church year, leading up to Christmas and including the four preceding Sundays.
– origin OE, from L. adventus ‘arrival’, from advenire, from ad- ‘to’ + venire ‘come’.
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