Village vs Advent - What's the difference?
village | advent |
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
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, title= (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
Coming; coming to; approach; arrival.
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(religion, Christianity, always capitalized) See Advent.
As a noun village
is a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.As a proper noun advent is
(christianity) the first or the expected second coming of christ.village
English
(wikipedia village)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=
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Derived terms
* eco-village * global village * Olympic village * Potemkin village * village bicycle * village bike * village cart * village green * village idiot * villagerStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----advent
English
Noun
(en noun)- Death's dreadful advent
- At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.