(Eccl.) 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).
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The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
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Coming; any important arrival; approach. "Death's dreadful advent.""Expecting still his advent home."
Sunday n. The first day of the week, consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.
Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc.
... take place on the 30th of November, my dear Marchese. The 1st of December is Advent Sunday, and no marriages are permitted during Advent ... — Sant' Ilario • F. Marion Crawford
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