Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The approach of an important arrival or event; the period including the four Sundays before Christmas. 2. (n.) The first or the expected second coming of Christ. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ADVENT ad'-vent. See INCARNATION; MILLENNIUM; PAROUSIA.

Multi-Version Concordance Advent (1 Occurrence) Acts 7:52 Which of the Prophets did not your forefathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced beforehand the advent of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become-- (WEY)