vigil
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
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