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Advent Sunday

American  

noun

  1. the first Sunday in Advent.


Advent Sunday British  

noun

  1. the first of the four Sundays of Advent, and the one that falls nearest to November 30

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On the morning of the first Advent Sunday, Stuttgart was quiet and peaceful.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 2015

Never shall I hear it again without thinking of the last pages of the Gallipoli story, and of that Advent Sunday of big decisions.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest

Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St Andrew, whether before or after.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the Service of some of those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany shall be taken in to supply so many as are here wanting.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

The afternoon service of the first Advent Sunday had ended in the camp before Frederickshall.

From Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna by Velde, C. F. van der (Carl Franz)

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