advent has definitions from the field of Christianity
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[ noun ] arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

Synonyms

coming

Examples

"the advent of the computer"

Used in print

(R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)

With the advent of Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle 's Sherlock_Holmes , the development of the modern private_detective begins .

Related terms

arrival arrive

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[ noun ] the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
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[ noun ] (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
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