Advent

Summary

Advent is a liturgical season^[1]. Advent draws 1,036 Wikipedia views per month (liturgical_season category, ranking #4 of 10).^[2]

Key Facts

• Advent's religion is recorded as Christianity^[3].
• Advent's instance of is recorded as liturgical season^[4].
• Advent is part of liturgical year^[5].
• Advent is part of Christmas and holiday season^[6].
• Advent's Commons category is recorded as Advent^[7].
• Advent comprises The Four Sundays of Advent^[8].
• Advent's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Advent^[9].
• Advent's Commons gallery is recorded as Advent^[10].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Kościelna encyclopedia^[12].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste^[16].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste^[17].
• Advent's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• Advent's has characteristic is recorded as expectation^[19].
• Advent's has characteristic is recorded as joy^[20].
• Advent's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'adventus'}^[21].
• Advent's different from is recorded as Christmas fast^[22].
• Advent's significant person is recorded as Jesus Christ^[23].
• Advent's significant person is recorded as Mary^[24].
• Advent's significant person is recorded as John the Baptist^[25].
• Advent's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Christmas^[26].
• Advent's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Catholicism^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Advent's instance of is recorded as liturgical season^[4].

Use and Application

Advent comprises The Four Sundays of Advent^[8]. Part of include liturgical year^[5] and Christmas and holiday season^[6], an annual event^[28].

Influence

Things named for Advent include Advent wreath^[29], a Christmas tradition^[30].

Why It Matters

Advent draws 1,036 Wikipedia views per month (liturgical_season category, ranking #4 of 10).^[2] Advent has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Advent is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for Advent include Advent wreath^[29], a Christmas tradition^[30].