Crossword-Solution: VIGIL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Vigil | v. i. | Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch. |
| Vigil | v. i. | Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises. |
| Vigil | v. i. | Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast. |
| Vigil | v. i. | Later, the day and the night preceding a feast. |
| Vigil | v. i. | A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| VIGIL | anagram | LIVIG |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with VIGIL (5)
Dimmesdale, on the night of his vigil, had given her a new theme of reflection, and held up to her an object that appeared worthy of any exertion and sacrifice for its attainment.
Then, as my vigil wore on, came a faintness in the eastward sky, like the reflection of some colourless fire, and the old moon rose, thin and peaked and white.
Army on Virus Vigil! by Scott Mason In July of 1990, the United States Army joined the inner sanctum of the Computer Hacker.
But never a speck upon the horizon that might be sail or smoke rewarded the tired eyes that in their endless, hopeless vigil strained daily out across the vast expanse of ocean.
The lioness fretted about the bole of the tree for a short time; but finally, either realizing the uselessness of her vigil, or prompted by the pangs of hunger, she stalked majestically away and disappeared in the brush that hid her lord, who had not once shown himself during the altercation.
Quotes with VIGIL (3)
I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…
Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. The more it rained, the worse they suffered. The worse they suffered, the more they prayed that it would continue raining. All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars. All through the day, they looked at the bomb line on the big, wobbling easel map of Italy that blew…
The process of dying is a difficult one, with many fears and anxieties, but it is also a very mysterious and wondrous process. It involves both the body and the soul in the greatest transition we are ever called to make. When I sit vigil with those who are at the edge of death, moments away from crossing over, I am constantly in awe of the process happening in front of me, one that each one of us must eventually go through.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 58 times in crossword archives (1942–2024).