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vigil /vijˈil/ noun- Watching, esp by night, usu on guard or in prayer
- The eve of a holy day
- A religious service by night
- A keeping awake, wakefulness
ORIGIN: L vigilia, from vigil awake, watchful; cf vigēre to be lively vigˈilance noun - Watchfulness
- Wakefulness
- A guard, watch (Milton)
- A planned effort to uncover and punish corruption and bribery (Ind)
vigˈilant adjective Watchful vigilante /-anˈti/ noun (orig US, from Spanish) - A member of an organization formed to look after the interests, threatened in some way, of a group, esp a self-appointed and unofficial policeman
- A member of a vigilance committee
vigilanˈtism noun Behaviour associated with vigilantes, esp militarism and bellicosity vigˈilantly adverb vigilance committee noun (US) - An unauthorized body which, in the absence or inefficiency of regular government, exercises powers of arrest, punishment, etc
- Any self-appointed association for the compulsory improvement of local morals according to its own standards
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