Advent (disambiguation)
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Advent is a season in the Christian calendar preceding Christmas. It is synonymous with the secularized Christmas season.
Advent may also refer to:
Religion
- Second Coming, the return of Jesus to Earth in Christian belief
- Nativity Fast, Advent in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Places
- United Kingdom
- Advent, Cornwall, a civil parish
- United States
- Advent, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Technology
- Advent Computers, a computer brand produced by British company DSG International
- Advent Software, a financial software company based in San Francisco
- Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology, or ADVENT, an aircraft engine development program run by the United States Air Force
- Advent (Voxx International), a speaker, hi-fi equipment and computer peripheral company
Computer games
- Colossal Cave Adventure or ADVENT, a 1970s computer game
- Mega Man ZX Advent, a 2007 video game
- A faction in the game Sins of a Solar Empire
- ADVENT is the faction opposing the player in XCOM 2
Music
- The Advent, a British electronic music band
- Advent (band), an American hardcore punk band
- "Advent", a song by Opeth from the album Morningrise
Other uses
- Advent Trilogy, fantasy novel series by James Treadwell
- Advent International, a global buyout firm
- Advent (publisher), a publisher of science fiction books
- Advent, a finisher for all characters in the 2002 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki.
See also
- Adventism
- Advent Rising, a 2005 video game
- Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
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