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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vig•il /ˈvɪdʒəl/USA pronunciation n. - a period of staying awake maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping:[countable]She maintained a vigil until he came home.
- a watch or period of watchful attention maintained at night or at other times: [countable]a peace vigil.[uncountable]to keep vigil for someone.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vig•il (vij′əl),USA pronunciation n. - wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.
- a watch or a period of watchful attention maintained at night or at other times:The nurse kept her vigil at the bedside of the dying man.
- a period of wakefulness from inability to sleep.
- [Eccles.]
- a devotional watching, or keeping awake, during the customary hours of sleep.
- Sometimes, vigils. a nocturnal devotional exercise or service, esp. on the eve before a church festival.
- the eve, or day and night, before a church festival, esp. an eve that is a fast.
- Medieval Latin vigilia eve of a holy day, special use of Latin vigilia watchfulness, equivalent. to vigil sentry + -ia -y3
- Anglo-French
- Middle English vigil(i)e 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vigil /ˈvɪdʒɪl/ n - a purposeful watch maintained, esp at night, to guard, observe, pray, etc
- the period of such a watch
- 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 office
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vigile, from Medieval Latin vigilia watch preceding a religious festival, from Latin: vigilance, from vigil alert, from vigēre to be lively |