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vigil
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[ˈvɪdʒ(ɪ)l], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray
(e.g: my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours)
- (in the Christian Church) the eve of a festival or holy day as an occasion of religious observance
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Origin
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Middle English (in vigil): via Old French from Latin vigilia, from vigil ‘awake’
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