Danish Meaning of vigil

vågevågen

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Definitions and Meaning of vigil in English

Wordnet

vigil (n)

a period of sleeplessness

the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

Webster

vigil (v. i.)

Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.

Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.

Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.

Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.

A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

FAQs About the word vigil

vågevågen

a period of sleeplessness, the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival), a purposeful surveillance to guard

overvågning,ur,Inspektion,udkig,observation,tilsyn,overholdelse,granskning

No antonyms found.

vigesimo-quarto => fireogtyvende, vigesimation => vigesimation, vigesimal => tyvetallet, vigee-lebrun => Vigée-Le Brun, vifda => vifda,