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A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.
The word derives from the Latin vigilia meaning "wakefulness" (Greek: pannychis,[1] παννυχίς or agrypnia[2] ἀγρυπνία),[3] and the Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means "eve" (as in "on the eve of the war").
- ^ παννυχίς. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ ἀγρυπνία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ Cross, F. L. Cross; Livingstone, E. A., eds. (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press. Available (limitedly) online at the Oxford Reference.
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