vigil

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noun

1. a period of sleeplessness
• Hypernyms:
wakefulness
2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
• Syn:
watch
• Topics:
religion, faith, religious belief
• Hypernyms:
rite, religious rite
• Hyponyms:
wake, viewing, agrypnia
3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
• Syn:
watch
• Derivationally related forms:
watch (for: watch)
• Hypernyms:
surveillance
• Hyponyms:
listening watch, continuous receiver watch, spying