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advent
noun(Ad-vent)
the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
advent
noun(Ad-vent)
the coming of Christ at the Incarnation
advent
noun(Ad-vent)
second coming
advent
noun(Ad-vent)
the first Sunday in Advent
advent
noun(Ad-vent)
a usually evergreen wreath with four candles that are lit to mark the four Sundays of Advent
advent
geographical name(Ad-vent)
inlet of the Arctic Ocean on western Spitsbergen Island

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