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Meaning of 'vigil'
Meaning of 'vigil' (Webster Dictionary)
1. 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. [ v. i.]- Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
- Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
- Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
- A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
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