Advent Sunday
- noun
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Domingo de Adviento
- On Advent Sunday, many churches begin their festive decorations in preparation for Christmas.
Examples
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"Come, thou long-expected Jesus," indeed, as we can hear it echoing out in the distance of the new year, next Sunday, Advent Sunday.
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The congregation gathered to sing hymns and celebrate Advent Sunday, the start of the Advent season.
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Families often light the first candle on their Advent wreath to mark the arrival of Advent Sunday.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Knowing 'Advent' (the church season before Christmas) and 'Sunday' lets a learner infer that 'Advent Sunday' refers to a Sunday connected with the Advent season, so the basic meaning is compositionally transparent. However, the precise sense that it denotes the first Sunday marking the start of the liturgical season is a culturally specific detail that is not strictly derivable from the words alone, so full understanding may require extra background knowledge.
Etymology
Advent Sunday comes from Advent, meaning 'coming', and Sunday, the day of worship. It is the first Sunday that begins the weeks of preparation before Christmas, so Advent Sunday now means the day people start the Advent season, often by lighting the first candle on a wreath.
