Advent

**Advent**
	Christian liturgical season preceding Christmas
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Instance of	liturgical season;
Part of	liturgical year (Christmas Eve, Feast of Christ the King); Christmas and holiday season;
Has part(s)	The Four Sundays of Advent;
Different from	Christmas fast;
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Advent, anglicized from the Latin word

adventus

meaning "coming", is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi. The Eastern churches' equivalent of Advent is called the Nativity Fast, but it differs both in length and observances and does not begin the church year, which starts instead on September 1.