Definition of advents:
(n) :
Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
(v) :
To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.
(n) :
(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.
(n) :
(Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
(n) :
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept.
(n) :
A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England.