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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Ad'vent, n.

noun

n. [Lat. adventus, Fr. avent, O. Fr. advent, avent. See ADVENE.]

  1. A coming; approach; visitation. “Death's dreadful advent.” Young. Specifically, the first or the second coming of Christ.
  2. A season of devotion including four Sundays before Christmas. Hook.