'Advent' definitions:
Definition of 'advent'
(from WordNet)
noun
Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent, coming]
noun
The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
noun
(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment [syn: Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia]
Synonyms of 'Advent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Allhallowmas,
- Allhallows,
- Allhallowtide,
- Annunciation,
- Annunciation Day,
- Ascension Day,
- Ash Wednesday,
- Candlemas,
- Candlemas Day,
- Carnival,
- Christmas,
- Corpus Christi,
- Easter,
- Easter Monday,
- Easter Saturday,
- Easter Sunday,
- Eastertide,
- Ember days,
- Epiphany,
- Good Friday,
- Halloween,
- Hallowmas,
- Holy Thursday,
- Holy Week,
- Lady Day,
- Lammas,
- Lammas Day,
- Lammastide,
- Lent,
- Lententide,
- Mardi Gras,
- Martinmas,
- Maundy Thursday,
- Michaelmas,
- Michaelmas Day,
- Michaelmastide,
- Palm Sunday,
- Pancake Day,
- Passion Week,
- Pentecost,
- Quadragesima,
- Quadragesima Sunday,
- Septuagesima,
- Shrove Tuesday,
- Trinity Sunday,
- Twelfth-day,
- Twelfth-tide,
- Whit-Tuesday,
- White Sunday,
- Whitmonday,
- Whitsun,
- Whitsunday,
- Whitsuntide,
- Whitweek
Synonyms of 'advent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- advance,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- appearance,
- approach,
- approach of time,
- approaching,
- appropinquation,
- approximation,
- appulse,
- arrival,
- attainment,
- coming,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- flowing toward,
- forthcoming,
- imminence,
- nearing,
- nearness,
- oncoming,
- proximation,
- reaching,
- time drawing on