Definition of advent

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Advent (n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.

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Knight-errantry :: Knight-errantry (n.) The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
Adventive :: Adventive (a.) Adventitious.
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) Risk; danger; peril.
Filibuster :: Filibuster (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..
Partnership :: Partnership (n.) A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure..
Sea King :: Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
Emprise :: Emprise (n.) An enterprise; endeavor; adventure.
Adventuring :: Adventuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adventur.
Romance :: Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like..
Knight-errant :: Knight-errant (n.) A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity..
Adventure :: Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Coming :: Coming (n.) Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ.
Demirep :: Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out..
Adventurousness :: Adventurousness (n.) The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.
Romantic :: Romantic (a.) Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape..
Peradventure :: Peradventure (n.) Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure..
Coming :: Coming (n.) Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train..
Adventured :: Adventured (imp. & p. p.) of Adventur.
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