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Vigil Vig"il, n. [OE. vigile, L. vigilia, from vigil awake, watchful, probably akin to E. wake: cf. F. vigile. See Wake, v. i., and cf. Reveille, Surveillance, Vedette, Vegetable, Vigor.] 1. 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. ``Worn out by the labors and vigils of many months.' --Macaulay. Nothing wears out a fine face like the vigils of the card table and those cutting passions which attend them. --Addison. 2. Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises. So they in heaven their odes and vigils tuned. --Milton. Be sober and keep vigil, The Judge is at the gate. --Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard). 3. (Eccl.) (a) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast. (b) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors, And say, ``To-morrow is St. Crispian.' --Shak. (c) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast. Vigils, or Watchings, of flowers (Bot.), a peculiar faculty belonging to the flowers of certain plants of opening and closing their petals as certain hours of the day. [R.]

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- A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angio****e). Flowers consist...
- (language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands...
- Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind...
- "Flowers For Algernon". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. "Flowers for Algernon" title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Flowers...
- Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angio****e (/ˌændʒiəˈspərmiː/). The term 'angiosperm' is derived from the...
- The Flowers of War (Chinese: 金陵十三钗, Pinyin: Jīnlíng Shísān Chāi ) is a 2011 Chinese-Hong Kong historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring...
- House of Flowers may refer to: House of Flowers (mausoleum) House of Flowers (musical), a 1954 Broadway musical The House of Flowers (TV series), a 2018...
- with Flowers. Flowers has recounted being nicknamed "Buffles" by schoolmates. During Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential election campaign, Flowers came...
- Joshua Percy Flowers (1903–1982) was an American businessman and moonshiner. Flowers began purchasing land in the early years of the Great Depression...
- LIL-ee-əm) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants...