Advent (disambiguation)
Advent is a season in the Christian calendar preceding Christmas. It is synonymous with the secularized Christmas season.
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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
- The Advent (magazine), a magazine published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
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 Corporation, a company founded by Henry Kloss that made speakers and home audio equipment
- Advent Software, a financial software company based in San Francisco
- Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology, or ADVENT, an aircraft engine development program run by the US Air Force
- Advent (Voxx International), a brand of speakers, hi-fi equipment and computer peripherals
Computer games
- Colossal Cave Adventure or ADVENT, a 1970s computer game
- Mega Man ZX Advent, a 2007 video game
- Advent Rising, a 2005 video game
- A faction in the game Sins of a Solar Empire
- ADVENT, 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 (film), a 2016 film by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi
- Advent Trilogy, a series of fantasy novels by James Treadwell
- Advent International, a global buyout firm
- Advent (publisher), a publisher of science fiction books
See also
- Adventism, a branch of protestant Christianity
- Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, a Japanese animated film
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