| Vigil (vigil) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Vig"il |
| [OE. vigile, L.
vigilia, from vigil awake, watchful, probably akin to E.
wake: cf. F. vigile. See Wake, v.
i., and cf. Reveille, Surveillance, Vedette,
Vegetable, |
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.
Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer,
or other religious exercises.
Originally,
the watch kept on the night before a feast.
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