VIGILS

Meaning of VIGILS in English

nocturnal devotions.

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VIGILS — Слежение
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VIGILS — Бдения
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VIGILS — Бдение
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TRACT — I. ˈtrakt noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English tracte, from Medieval Latin tractus, from Latin, action …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAKE (12) — (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on …
Английский словарь Webster
NIGHTLY — (a.) Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
WAKE — ( n. ) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NIGHTLY — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VIGIL — /vij"euhl/ , n. 1. wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping. 2. a watch or a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAKE — vt to watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. 2. wake ·vt to rouse from sleep; …
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NIGHTLY — adv at night; every night. 2. nightly ·adj of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or …
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TAPAS — (Sanskrit: heat, or ardour), in Hinduism, ascetic practice voluntarily carried out to achieve spiritual power or purification. In the Vedas, …
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TAHAJJUD — (Arabic: keeping vigil), in Islamic practice, the recitation of the Qur'an (Islamic scriptures) and prayers during the night. Tahajjud is …
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WESTERN WALL — The Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Hebrew Ha-kotel Ha-ma'aravi, also called Wailing Wall, in the Old City …
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SALISH — group of North American Indian tribes speaking languages of the Salish family and living in what is now British Columbia, …
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GOD, TRUCE OF — Latin Treuga Dei, or Treva Dei, a measure by the medieval Roman Catholic Church to suspend warfare during certain days …
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EPHRATA COMMUNITY — U.S. Protestant monastic settlement, an offshoot of the Germantown Dunkers, founded in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel on Cocalico Creek …
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VIGIL — ( vigils) A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VIGIL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE silent ▪ At the weekend they held a silent vigil in Liverpool. ▪ Outside, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRAY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ask/beg/pray etc for (sb’s) forgiveness ▪ He never admitted his guilt or asked for …
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POLIO — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the AIDS/flu/polio etc virus ▪ They are trying to stop the spread of the flu …
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DEFENSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE criminal ▪ Keanu Reeves plays a criminal defense attorney who has an uncanny …
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VIGIL — Synonyms and related words : Mass, alertness, all-night vigil, bedtime prayer, camp meeting, church, church service, compline, consciousness, custodianship, custody, …
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VESPER — Synonyms and related words : Mass, bedtime prayer, camp meeting, church, church service, close of day, cockshut, compline, crepuscular, devotions, …
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SERVICE
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REVIVAL — Synonyms and related words : Great Leap Forward, Mass, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amelioration, amendment, animation, apostasy, …
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PRIME
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PRAYER — Synonyms and related words : Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Mass, Paternoster, adjuration, adoration, aid prayer, appeal, …
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OFFICE — Synonyms and related words : Mass, act of grace, act of kindness, advice, advocacy, aegis, agency, agentship, aid, alerting, appointment, …
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NOVENA — Synonyms and related words : Mass, Nina from Carolina, bedtime prayer, camp meeting, church, church service, compline, devotions, divine service, …
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MEETING — Synonyms and related words : Mass, Olympic games, Olympics, accompanying, accordant, accumulated, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregate, aggregation, agreeing, amassed, appointment, …
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