Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 14 compound words that contain advent. The most common are listed below. Open advent in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- Advent calendarA calendar used to count down the days of Advent, having windows revealing a hidden picture or gift on each day.
- Advent SundayThe fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, the start of Advent: 30 November (Saint Andrew's Day) or the nearest Sunday to it.
- Advent wreathA usually evergreen wreath adorned with four (or sometimes five) candles, the first of which is lit on Advent Sunday, followed by the lighting of an additional candle on each subsequent Sunday.
- Advent BayA bay running southeastwards from the southern side of Isfjorden, on the west coast of Spitsbergen in Svalbard.
- Advent candleA candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve.
- Advent candlesplural of Advent candle: A candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve.
- Advent crownSynonym of Advent wreath: A usually evergreen wreath adorned with four (or sometimes five) candles, the first of which is lit on Advent Sunday, followed by the lighting of an additional candle on each subsequent Sunday.
- Advent calendarsplural of Advent calendar: A calendar used to count down the days of Advent, having windows revealing a hidden picture or gift on each day.
- Advent crownsplural of Advent crown: A usually evergreen wreath adorned with four (or sometimes five) candles, the first of which is lit on Advent Sunday, followed by the lighting of an additional candle on each subsequent Sunday.
- Advent wreathsplural of Advent wreath: A usually evergreen wreath adorned with four (or sometimes five) candles, the first of which is lit on Advent Sunday, followed by the lighting of an additional candle on each subsequent Sunday.
- reverse Advent calendarThe activity of storing away a non-perishable food item, toiletry, clothing item, or other essential item each day during the Advent period, often starting on December 1, then donating them on Christmas Eve to local food banks, shelters …
- reverse Advent calendarsplural of reverse Advent calendar: The activity of storing away a non-perishable food item, toiletry, clothing item, or other essential item each day during the Advent period, often starting on December 1, then donating them on Christmas …
Compound words 14
- AdventismThe Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller in 19th-century United States.
- readventA second or subsequent advent; an arrival or coming again.
- adventureA feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
- adventuresplural of adventure: A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
- AdventistOne who believes in the Second Advent (usually known as the Second Coming) of Jesus; an advocate of Adventism.
- Adventistsplural of Adventist: One who believes in the Second Advent (usually known as the Second Coming) of Jesus; an advocate of Adventism.
- adventialSynonym of adventitious: From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
- adventuryAdventure-like.
- adventivesplural of adventive: Accidental.
- adventralExtending along a venter (protuberance).