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vigil

Vigil is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter V and ends with the letter L for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(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.
(v. i.) Hence devotional watching; waking for prayer or other religious exercises.
(v. i.) Originally the watch kept on the night before a feast.
(v. i.) Later the day and the night preceding a feast.
(v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

Syllable Information

The word vigil is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for vigil is: vig-il


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