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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

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

From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by Henriette McDougall

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 C. F. van der (Carl Franz) Velde

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 Mother St. Paul

I mind the ash being in leaf on Advent Sunday, and a crowd of martins skimming round the church windows during sermon-time.

From Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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