The action of guarding the person or life of one's lord; attendance as a guard upon one's lord.
| 单词 | θ17539 |
| 释义 | the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > vigil or wake (10) head-wardOE The action of guarding the person or life of one's lord; attendance as a guard upon one's lord. watcha1325 A ‘wake’ over a dead person. vigilc1374 A wake. Obsolete. lyke-wakec1405 The watch kept at night over a dead body. wake1412 The watching (esp. by night) of relatives and friends beside the body of a dead person from death to burial, or during a part of that time; the… latewake1667 = lyke-wake, n. waking1823 The action of watching, or keeping watch and ward; dialect a keeping watch or holding a ‘wake’ over a corpse. Subcategories:— one who (2) — place (1) |
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