7 September 2018
advent
[ad-vent]
noun
1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival:
the advent of the holiday season.
2. (usually initial capital letter) the coming of Christ into the world.
3. (initial capital letter) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world.
4. (usually initial capital letter) Second Coming.
Origin of advent
Middle English, Latin
1125-1175; Middle English < Latin adventus arrival, approach, equivalent to ad- ad- + ven- (stem of venīre to come) + -tus suffix of verbal action
Synonyms
1. onset, beginning, commencement, start.
Second Coming
noun
1. the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
Also called Advent, Second Advent.
Origin
First recorded in 1635-45
Related forms
post-Advent, adjective
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Examples from the Web for advent
Contemporary Examples
Like Lent, the season of advent was a period of reflection and fasting, and items such as dairy and sugar were forbidden.
One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts
Molly Hannon
December 24, 2014
I would venture to say that advent is something America needs right now, religious or not.
During Advent, Lots of Waiting, But Not Enough Hope
Gene Robinson
December 7, 2014
They told me that advent was all about waiting and hoping – that they were indeed a community of waiting and hoping.
During Advent, Lots of Waiting, But Not Enough Hope
Gene Robinson
December 7, 2014
Then came the horrors of World War I, with the advent of tanks and airplanes and poison gas.
How Clausewitz Invented Modern War
James A. Warren
November 24, 2014
The writer A. Lezhnev said, “I view the incident with Shostakovich as the advent of the same ‘order’ that burns books in Germany.”
When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth
Brian Moynahan
November 9, 2014
Historical Examples
The effect was, indeed, presently accomplished by the advent of Smithson into the office.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
The visitor’s advent was announced again by the brass knocker on the front door.
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
He had so long and so passionately looked for the advent of that moment!
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
“I think your mother wants to speak to you, Frank,” Alice said, upon this advent.
Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington
But with the advent of the boys from the barn there appeared reinforcements of the enemy.
Frank Roscoe’s Secret
Allen Chapman
Today’s quote
There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be ‘My phone is spying on me’.
― Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
On this day
7 September 1876 – birth of C.J. Dennis, Australian poet (Songs of a Sentimental Bloke). Died 22 June 1938.
7 September 1936 – birth of Charles Hardin Holley, otherwise known as Buddy Holly. 1950s rock star, famous for songs such as ‘Peggy Sue’ and ‘That’ll be the day’. Died in a plane crash on 3 February 1959 with other musicians, Richie Valens, J.P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Their deaths were immortalised in the Don McLean song, ‘American Pie’, when he sang about the day the music died.
7 September 1978 – death of Keith Moon, British musician, drummer for ‘The Who’. Born 23 August 1946.