Sinhala Dictionary definitions for vigil
vigil 🔊 /vɪˈʤʌl/
vigil : නිඳිමැරීම
vigil definition
Intransitive verb.
- 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.
- Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
- Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
- Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
- A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
