Vigil
51vigil light — noun a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church • Syn: ↑vigil candle • Hypernyms: ↑candle, ↑taper, ↑wax light …
52vigil — noun a) a watch kept during normal sleeping hours, especially over the body of a recently deceased or dying person b) a period of observation or surveillance …
53vigil — A state of wakefulness or sleeplessness. [L. vigilia, wakefulness, alertness, fr. vigeo, to be active, to rouse] coma v. SYN: akinetic mutism …
54Vigil — The eve of certain festivals, usually observed by a fast and communal worship as a preparation for the feast …
55vigil — carc. apoc. de Vigilante (JAS); guardiacárcel// delinc. Agente de policía; sereno; guardián nocturno// delator (JG.); soplón (JG.) …
56vigil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. watch, surveillance; wake; wakefulness. See care, attention, activity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. watch, wakefulness, sleeplessness, sentry duty, wake; see also watchfulness . III (Roget s 3… …
57Vigil — Vi|gil die; , ien [...i̯ən] <aus lat. vigilia »das Wachsein; Nachtwache«>: 1. nächtliches Gebet der mönchischen Gebetsordnung. 2. [liturgische Feier am] Vortag eines kirchlichen Festes …
58VIGIL — a religious service often lasting through the night and involving PRAYER and FASTING …
59vigil — vig·il || vɪdʒɪl n. period of wakefulness during the night (particularly for the purpose of watching or guarding); time of prayer on the eve of a religious holiday …
60VIGIL — vigilium, vigilum …
