Japanese Meaning of vigil
夜警
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Definitions and Meaning of vigil in English
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
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.
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夜警
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
監視,腕時計,調査,展望台,観察,監督,遵守,精査
No antonyms found.
vigesimo-quarto => 二十四, vigesimation => 20分の1, vigesimal => 二十進法, vigee-lebrun => エリザベート=ヴィジェ=ルブラン, vifda => ヴィフダ,
