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Vigil
Period of wanted sleeplessness / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Virgil.
This article is about a period of intentional sleeplessness. For all other usages, see Vigil (disambiguation).
A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Greek: pannychis,[1] παννυχίς or agrypnia[2] ἀγρυπνία),[3] is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means 'eve' (as in "on the eve of the war").
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