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== Vocabulary == | == Vocabulary == | ||
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* '''Advent''' | |||
** "the important coming" | |||
** = the period of four Sundays before Christmas | |||
*** thus, preparation for Christmas Day | |||
** ''ad-'' (into) + ''vent'' (from ''vinere'', "to come") = "into coming" | |||
*** ''vinere'' from [[PIE proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] root '''*gwa-''' "to go, come") | |||
* '''alleluia''' | * '''alleluia''' | ||
** from Hebrew ''hallelu-ya'' for "praise Jehovah" | ** from Hebrew ''hallelu-ya'' for "praise Jehovah" | ||