n.
Function: noun
Date: 13th century
1 : the state of being awake
2 a (1) : an annual English parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the church's patron saint (2) : VIGIL 1A b : the festivities orig. connected with the wake of an English parish church ― usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction c British : an annual holiday or vacation ― usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction
3 : a watch held over the body of a dead person prior to burial and sometimes accompanied by festivity