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ADVENT
advent, coming
(noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); “the advent of the computer”
Advent
(noun) the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Advent
(Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.
Synonyms
• (season): Christmas season, Christmastide, yuletide; holiday season (secular)
Etymology
Noun
advent (plural advents)
arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
Synonyms
• (coming): arrival, approach, oncome, onset
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`vent, n. Etym: [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See Advene.]
1. (Eccl.)
Definition: The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. Advent Sunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). Shipley.
2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
3. Coming; any important arrival; approach. Death's dreadful advent. Young. Expecting still his advent home. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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