1. (

• advent ,
• coming ,

) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" ;

2. (

• Advent ,

) the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas ;

3. (

• Second_Coming ,
• Second_Coming_of_Christ ,
• Second_Advent ,
• Advent ,
• Parousia

) (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment ;