Advent
Four weeks to commemorate the first and second coming of
Christ; the first to redeem, and the second to judge the world. The
season begins on St. Andrew's Day, or the Sunday nearest to it. (Latin,
ad-ventus, the coming to.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Advent from Fact Monster:
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