Advent

Ad·vent

noun \ˈad-ˌvent, chiefly British -vənt\

Definition of ADVENT

1

: the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting

2

a : the coming of Christ at the Incarnation b : second coming

3

not capitalized : a coming into being or use <the Advent of spring> <the Advent of pasteurization> <the Advent of personal computers>

Origin of ADVENT

Middle English, from Medieval Latin adventus, from Latin, arrival, from advenire

First Known Use: 12th century

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with ADVENT

absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, besprent, cement, comment, consent, content, convent, descent, detent, dissent, docent, event, extent, ferment, foment, fragment, frequent, hell-bent, indent, intent, invent, lament, loment, low-rent, mordent, outspent, percent, pigment, portent, present, prevent, pup tent, quitrent, rack-rent, relent, repent, resent, segment, Shymkent, Tashkent, torment, well-meant, wisent