Vigil
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A vigil (from the Latin vigilia, 'wakefulness') is a period of sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching or observance.
- It can also be the eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise or ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day, such as the Easter Vigil held on Holy Saturday.
- It is also part of the title of a poem by Walt Whitman, "Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night".
- When a Jewish person dies, a watch is kept over the body and Tehillim are recited constantly, until the burial service.
It could also refer to:
- The Quebec political website Vigile.net.
