advent means arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 70 out of 100.
advent is pronounced /ˈæd.vɛnt/.
Why “advent” is a great word
The precise moment of arrival, appearance, or onset, particularly of something momentous. From the Latin *adventus* (“arrival, approach”). Unlike “adventure,” which speaks of the thrilling, perilous journey itself, or “presence,” which denotes a static state of being, advent is the charged instant of crossing the threshold. It is the first cold star of winter in a darkening sky, the taste of metal in the air before a storm breaks, and the particular stillness that settles in a room just before a guest is heard at the door—the quiet, irreversible hinge between expectation and event.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).
noun
- Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.“Death's dreadful advent”
verb
- To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.“1869 Grove Berry. Ritualism; Part II of An Enquiry. Pub: LONGMANS, GREEN et al.
But suppose we depart from the suggestion there made, and, leaving the idea of the status quo from which He advented to Earth, we rise with Solomon (Prov. viii), to some stasis which must be indefinite to us, are we not presumptuous if not even unpractical, Gnostical, and merely scholastic?”
name
- The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
- The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept.
- A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England.