Vigil

Definition:

  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
  • (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
  • (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
  • (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

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memorial vs. vigil

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dying vs. vigil

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hour vs. vigil

sleeping vs. vigil

vigil vs. watcher

lookout vs. vigil

vigil vs. vigilant

vigil vs. watch