vigil Meaning and Definition
1. n. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
2. n. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
3. n. a period of sleeplessness
A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning wakefulness (Greek: pannychis, παννυχίς or agrypnia ἀγρυπνία), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.
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