Associations to the word «Vigil»

Wiktionary

VIGIL, noun. An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
VIGIL, noun. A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.
VIGIL, noun. The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
VIGIL, noun. A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

Dictionary definition

VIGIL, noun. A period of sleeplessness.
VIGIL, noun. The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival).
VIGIL, noun. A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne