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.
Vigil(v. i.)
- Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
Vigil(v. i.)
- Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
Vigil(v. i.)
- Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
Vigil(v. i.)
- A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
Vigilance(n.)
- The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
Vigilance(n.)
- Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.