vigil
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thumb|Vigil, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)right|thumb|''A Knight's Vigil'' by John Pettie A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.
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- Christian holy day
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Eves of religious celebrations
- Vigils at the time of death
- Medieval knights
- Modern mourning, remembrance and protest
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- References
thumb|Vigil, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)right|thumb|''A Knight's Vigil'' by John Pettie A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.
The word derives from the Latin meaning "wakefulness" (Greek: , or ), and the Italian word has become generalized in this sense and means "eve" (as in "on the eve of the war").
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