vigil

vig·il

V0097200 (vĭj′əl)n.1. a. A watch kept during normal sleeping hours.b. The act or a period of observing; surveillance.2. The eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise.3. often vigils Ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day.4. A public assembly convened, often at night, as a political protest or in support of a cause.

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[Middle English vigile, a devotional watching, from Old French, from Latin vigilia, wakefulness, watch, from vigil, awake; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]

vigil

(ˈvɪdʒɪl) n1. a purposeful watch maintained, esp at night, to guard, observe, pray, etc2. the period of such a watch3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church Church of England the eve of certain major festivals, formerly observed as a night spent in prayer: often marked by fasting and abstinence and a special Mass and divine office4. (Pathology) a period of sleeplessness; insomnia[C13: from Old French vigile, from Medieval Latin vigilia watch preceding a religious festival, from Latin: vigilance, from vigil alert, from vigēre to be lively]

vig•il

(ˈvɪdʒ əl)

n. 1. wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping. 2. a period of watchful attention. 3. a. Sometimes, vigils. a nocturnal devotional exercise or service, esp. on the eve of a church festival. b. the eve or day and night before a church festival, esp. an eve that is a fast. [1200–50; Middle English vigil(i)e < Medieval Latin vigilia eve of a holy day, Latin: watchfulness =vigil sentry + -ia -y³]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vigil - a period of sleeplessnesswakefulness - a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar"
	2.	vigil - the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)watchreligious rite, rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"viewing, wake - a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"agrypnia - a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter)faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
	3.	vigil - a purposeful surveillance to guard or observewatchsurveillance - close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)continuous receiver watch, listening watch - a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watchspying - keeping a secret or furtive watch

vigil

nounThe act of carefully watching:lookout, surveillance, vigilance, watch.Idiom: watch and ward.

Translations

vegliaбдение