Definition of vigil

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

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Vigilant :: Vigilant (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary..
Nightly :: Nightly (a.) Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils..
Vigily :: Vigily (n.) A vigil.
Wake :: Wake (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil..
Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
Argus :: Argus (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
Vigilantly :: Vigilantly (adv.) In a vigilant manner.
Evigilation :: Evigilation (n.) A waking up or awakening.
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly..
Aware :: Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..
Vigilancy :: Vigilancy (n.) Vigilance.
Unwary :: Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
Open-eyed :: Open-eyed (a.) With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
Alarmed :: Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty..
Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night 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..
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