- VIGIL
- a religious service often lasting through the night and involving PRAYER and FASTING.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
VIGIL
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Vigil — (von lateinisch vigilare: wachen), Plural Vigilien und Vigiles, ist: In liturgischer Hinsicht: ein Teil des monastischen Stundengebets, der in der Nacht bzw. den frühen Morgenstunden gebetet wird. Siehe: Matutin bzw. auch Mette. eine „Nachtwache“ … Deutsch Wikipedia
vigil — ● vigil, vigile adjectif (latin vigil, éveillé) Se dit de ce qui survient à l état de veille. ● vigil, vigile (expressions) adjectif (latin vigil, éveillé) Coma vigil, coma au stade 1. ● vigil, vigile (homonymes) … Encyclopédie Universelle
vigil — vigíl adj. m., pl. vigíli; f. sg. vigílă, pl. vigíle Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic VIGÍL, Ă adj. (Liv.) Care veghează; atent, deştept, treaz. // s.m. (Ant.) Membru al gărzii instituite î … Dicționar Român
Vigil — Vig il, n. [OE. vigile, L. vigilia, from vigil awake, watchful, probably akin to E. wake: cf. F. vigile. See {Wake}, v. i., and cf. {Reveille}, {Surveillance}, {Vedette}, {Vegetable}, {Vigor}.] 1. Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vigil — early 13c., eve of a religious festival (an occasion for devotional watching or observance), from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. vigile, from L. vigilia watch, watchfulness, from vigil watchful, awake, from PIE *wog /*weg be lively or active, be strong (Cf … Etymology dictionary
vígil — adj. 2 g. 1. Que vela ou que vigia. = VIGILANTE 2. Que está acordado. 3. [Medicina, Psicologia] Relativo a vigília ou a vigilância (ex.: estado vígil). • Plural: vígeis. ‣ Etimologia: latim vigil, ilis … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
VIGIL — an quia visu agilis; anex Graeco ἀγαλλὸς, ab ἀγαλλιάω, a. in i. mutatô, Scalig. ad Varron. dictus est. Eorum olim Romae familia publica fuit, quae incendia restingueret. Seneca, Ep. 64. Intervenerunt quidam amici, propter quos maior fumus fieret … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
vigil — [vij′əl] n. [ME vigile < OFr < L vigilia, a watch < vigil, awake < vegere, to arouse: see WAKE1] 1. a) a purposeful or watchful staying awake during the usual hours of sleep b) a watch kept, or the period of this 2. Eccles. the… … English World dictionary
vigil — index notice (heed), precaution, surveillance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vigil — [n] watch attention, awareness, duty, eagle eye*, guard, lookout, monitoring, nightwatch, notice, observance, observation, patrol, stakeout, surveillance, vigilance, watchfulness; concepts 134,623 … New thesaurus
vigil — ► NOUN ▪ a period of staying awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray. ORIGIN from Latin, awake … English terms dictionary
