vigil
noun
1 vigil
A period of sleeplessness.
2 vigil
The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival).
synonym: watch.
Roget 459:
care,
solicitude,
heed;
heedfulness
etc.
adj.;
scruple
etc.
(conscientiousness)
939.
watchfulness
etc.
adj.;
vigilance,
surveillance,
eyes of Argus†,
watch,
vigil,
look out,
watch and ward,
loeil du maitre [Fr.].
alertness
etc.
(activity)
682;
attention
etc.
457;
prudence
&c.,
circumspection
etc.
(caution)
864;
anxiety;
forethought
etc.
510;
precaution
etc.
(preparation)
673;
tidiness
etc.
(order)
58,
(cleanliness)
652;
accuracy
etc.
(exactness)
494;
minuteness,
attention to detail.
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Dutch: wake, waak
3 vigil
A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.
synonym: watch.
Dutch: wacht
Polish: czuwanie
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