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Word: Vigil
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in vigil (sense 2)): via Old French from Latin vigilia, from vigil ‘awake’
ˈvɪdʒ(ɪ)l
a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray
Short Definition:period of keeping awake during time usually spent asleep
Examples:- my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours
- as he lay in a coma the family kept vigil
(in the Christian Church) the eve of a festival or holy day as an occasion of religious observance.
Short Definition:(in Christian Church) eve of festival or holy day as occasion of religious observance
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