Definition of vigil

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

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Alarmed :: Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty..
Argus :: Argus (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
Unwary :: Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
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..
Vigilancy :: Vigilancy (n.) Vigilance.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..
Circumspectness :: Circumspectness (n.) Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.
Alert :: Alert (a.) Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
Aware :: Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..
Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
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..
Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Awake :: Awake (a.) Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
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..
Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
Pervigilation :: Pervigilation (n.) Careful watching.
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.
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