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vig·il (vĭj́əl)

[Middle English vigile, a devotional watching, from Old French, from Latin vigilia, wakefulness, watch, from vigil, awake.]

noun 

    1. A watch kept during normal sleeping hours.
    2. The act or a period of observing; surveillance.
  2. The eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise.
  3. Ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day. Often used in the plural.