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advent

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  1. arrival               
 
Ad.vent \'ad-.vent\ n [ME, fr. ML adventus, fr. L, arrival, fr. adventus, 
   pp.] 1: a penitential season beginning four Sundays before Christmas  1a: 
   the coming of Christ at the incarnation  1b: SECOND COMING  not cap  3: 
   COMING, ARRIVAL {~ of spring}