Vigil



noun
1.
(Staying awake to keep watch or to pray period of this, the eve of a religious festival, the evening or day before a festival) ការនៅកំដរ, ការចាំកំដរ
Example: To keep vigil over a sick person.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
verb
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) 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.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.