- advent
- The period from the Sunday nearest November 30th until Christmas following.
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Advent — Advent … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Advent — (from the Latin word la. adventus , meaning coming ) is a season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus, in other words, the period immediately before Christmas. It is … Wikipedia
Advent — • According to 1907 usage, a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle and embracing four Sundays Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Advent Advent … Catholic encyclopedia
Advent — Ad vent, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See {Advene}.] 1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday} (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Advent — Sm Vorweihnachtszeit std. (13. Jh.), mhd. advente, mndd. advente Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. adventus Ankunft [Christi] , dem Verbalabstraktum zu l. advenīre ankommen aus l. venīre (ventum) kommen und l. ad hinzu . Das lateinische Wort hat seit… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
advent — ADVÉNT s.n. 1. (La catolici) Perioadă de patru săptămâni dinaintea Crăciunului. 2. Fiecare din cele patru duminici care preced Crăciunul. (< germ. Advent, lat. adventus) Trimis de tavi, 03.08.2006. Sursa: MDN advént s.n., pl. advénturi… … Dicționar Român
advent — ► NOUN 1) the arrival of a notable person or thing. 2) (Advent) Christian Theology the coming or second coming of Christ. 3) (Advent) the first season of the Church year, leading up to Christmas. ORIGIN Latin adventus arrival … English terms dictionary
àdvent — m 〈G mn nātā〉 kat. 1. {{001f}}(Advent) dolazak Kristov na zemlju; Došašće 2. {{001f}}dio liturgijske godine, posljednja četiri tjedna pred Božić posvećena molitvi i razmatranjima ✧ {{001f}}lat … Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika
advent — (n.) important arrival, 1742, an extended sense of Advent season before Christmas (Old English), from L. adventus a coming, approach, arrival, in Church Latin the coming of the Savior, from pp. stem of advenire arrive, come to, from ad to (see AD … Etymology dictionary
advent — àdvent m <G mn nātā> DEFINICIJA kat. 1. (Advent) dolazak Kristov na zemlju; Došašće 2. dio liturgijske godine, posljednja četiri tjedna pred Božić posvećena molitvi i razmatranjima; advenat ETIMOLOGIJA lat. adventivus: pridošao ≃ adventus:… … Hrvatski jezični portal
Advent — »Zeit der Ankunft Christi«: Mhd. advent‹e› ist aus lat. adventus »Ankunft« entlehnt, das zu ad venire »ankommen« gehört. Das einfache Verb venire ist mit dt. ↑ kommen urverwandt. Über die Vorsilbe vgl. ↑ ad..., ↑ Ad... – Eine ganze Reihe von… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
