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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

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2015

On Advent Sunday, December 1, I saw and heard Dr. Pusey for the first time.

From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by Russell, George William Erskine

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)

They were baptized on Advent Sunday, 1848, and were the beginning of our native school.

From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by McDougall, Henriette

The Altar Table, from a design by Mr. Garner, was first used on Advent Sunday, 1902; and the woodwork round the chancel was finished in 1911.

From A Short Account of King's College Chapel by Littlechild, Walter Poole