Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of vigil is as below...

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast..

Secureness :: Secureness (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast..

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab..

Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

Watchful :: Watchful (a.) Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits..

Aware :: Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

Pervigilation :: Pervigilation (n.) Careful watching.

Invigilance :: Invigilance (n.) Alt. of Invigilanc.

Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

Unwary :: Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.

Circumspectness :: Circumspectness (n.) Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.

Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

Vigily :: Vigily (n.) A vigil.

Evigilation :: Evigilation (n.) A waking up or awakening.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

Open-eyed :: Open-eyed (a.) With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.

Random Fonts

Most Popular