Definition of vigil

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

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Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
Aware :: Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Evigilation :: Evigilation (n.) A waking up or awakening.
Patriotic :: Patriotic (a.) Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance..
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..
Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Invigilance :: Invigilance (n.) Alt. of Invigilanc.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
Vigilantly :: Vigilantly (adv.) In a vigilant manner.
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.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast..
Argus :: Argus (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
Vigil :: Vigil (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..
Open-eyed :: Open-eyed (a.) With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
Alarmed :: Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty..
Secureness :: Secureness (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
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..
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