Advent
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæd.vɛnt/, /ˈæd.vənt/
Origin
From Latin adventus ("coming to"), perfect passive participle form of verb advenīre ("come to").
Full definition of advent
Noun
advent
(plural advents)- Coming; coming to; approach; arrival.
- YoungDeath's dreadful advent
- 1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, p. 3:At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.
- (religion, Christianity, always capitalized) See Advent.