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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the first of the four Sundays during Advent;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnandaeg; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + daeg day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See Sun, and Day.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [1913 Webster] Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc. [1913 Webster] Syn: See Sabbath. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See Advene.] 1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. [1913 Webster] Advent Sunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley. [1913 Webster] 2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ. [1913 Webster] 3. Coming; any important arrival; approach. [1913 Webster] Death's dreadful advent. --Young. [1913 Webster] Expecting still his advent home. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Advent Sunday n 1: the first of the four Sundays during Advent