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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

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

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

The plan suggested, which will suit all years, is to use No. 1 on Advent Sunday and the rest according to choice till December 17th; from then to December 24th Nos. 21-28 should be used.

From Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent by Paul, Mother St.

Such poems as that for Advent Sunday, or the Second Sunday after Trinity, contain between seventy and eighty heroic lines.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

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