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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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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