vigil

1. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises. Source: opted

3. v. i. Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast. Source: opted

4. v. i. Later, the day and the night preceding a feast. Source: opted

5. v. i. A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast. Source: opted

6. n. a period of sleeplessness Source: wordnet

7. n. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) Source: wordnet

8. n. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe Source: wordnet

9. n:100 n. a period of sleeplessness n. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) Source: ecdict

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