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1. (n.) vigil
wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.
2. vigil
a period of watchful attention.
3. vigil
Sometimes, vigils. a nocturnal devotional exercise or service, esp. on the eve of a church festival.
4. vigil
the eve or day and night before a church festival, esp. an eve that is a fast.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME vigil(i)e < ML vigilia eve of a holy day, L: watchfulness =vigil sentry +-ia -y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) vigil
a period of sleeplessness
2. (noun) vigil, watch
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
3. (noun) watch, vigil
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) vigil
abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch
2. (verb) vigil
hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises
3. (verb) vigil
originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast
4. (verb) vigil
later, the day and the night preceding a feast
5. (verb) vigil
a religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast
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