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