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vigily

vigily noun: a vigil.

Noun

vigily (plural vigilies)

  1. (obsolete) A vigil.
    • Obserue the fastes commandit on certane daies and tymes, as in Lent, in the four tymes of the yeer (comunlie callit Imber daies) and in the euinnes or vigilies of certane solemne daies, on friday and saturday abstein from eating of[…]1901, Thomas Graves Law, Catholic Tractates of the Sixteenth Century, 1573-1600, page 210
    • [...]; other times the heat is not very intense either without or within; continual vigilies, or a perpetual restlesness, with anguishing Jactitations, or throwing ones self from one part of the Bed to the other[…]1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague, page 133

Forms of vigily

pluralvigilies

Origin of vigily

From Middle English vigilye, vigilie, from Latin vigilia.

Questions about vigily

What does vigily mean?
Vigily means a vigil.
What part of speech is vigily?
Vigily is a noun.
What is the plural of vigily?
The plural of vigily is vigilies.

Words near vigily in the dictionary

  1. vigiling
  2. vigilled
  3. vigilling
  4. vigilous
  5. vigils
  6. vigily
  7. vigintennial
  8. viginti-
  9. vigintile
  10. vigintiles
  11. vigintillion

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