advent
/ˈæd·vent/ n [U]Definition
› the beginning of an event, the invention of something, or the arrival of a person: Transportation was transformed by the advent of the internal combustion engine. › For Christians, Advent is the period of four weeks before Christmas.
(Definition of advent n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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