| 单词 | advent sunday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAdvent Sunday Advent Sunday n. the first Sunday in Advent; (also occasionally) each of the Sundays in Advent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Advent > [noun] > Advent Sunday Advent Sundaya1500 a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 1 (MED) Advent Sonday..þys day..ys cleped Sonenday yn þe Aduent, þat ys, þe Sonenday of Cristys comyng. 1627 J. Cosin Coll. Private Devotions sig. B9 Advent Sunday is alwayes the neerest Sunday..to the Feast of S. Andrew. 1655 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer 36 Before Christmas are appointed four Advent Sundayes, so called because they are to prepare us for Christ his Advent or coming in the Flesh. 1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts i. xxiv. 253 Advent Sundays..The four Sundays that precede the great Festival of our Saviour's Nativity. 1804 Orthodox Churchman's Mag. Sept. 206 Two years ago in the Oxford almanack we had Advent Sunday; and the Sunday after that was denominated the first, instead of the second Sunday in Advent. 1912 J. M. Farrar Chats with Children of Church xlviii. 241 Since the sixth century some of our churches have set apart four Sundays before Christmas and call them Advent Sundays. 1997 Cathedral Music Winter 29/2 The traditional carol service..was not broadcast live on Advent Sunday..because of a scheduling mix-up. < as lemmas |
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