vigils

We have found lemma(root) word of vigils : vigil.

Definitions


[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:
Middle English (in vigil): via Old French from Latin vigilia, from vigil ‘awake’




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