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Advent Sunday

American

noun

the first Sunday in Advent.

Advent Sunday British

noun

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

Fortunately for Caper, no stampede took place on Advent Sunday, so that he lived to attend another grand tombola in the Villa Borghese.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

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

I would gladly have umpired at Monte Carlo on Good Friday, Easter, Advent Sunday, and Christmas, all rolled into one, if those men had asked me.

From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.

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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