Clues for the word "VIGIL"
We've had 33 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 115 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on October 12, 2026.
Definition of vigil
- v. i. - 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.
- v. i. - Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
- v. i. - Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
- v. i. - Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
- v. i. - A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
Referring Clues
- Watch
- Prayer ___
- Night watch
- Bedside watch
- Watch word?
- Watchful attention
- Sentry's watch
- Night watchman's duty
- Period of watching
- Sentry's duty
- Candlelight ceremony
- Close watch
- Period of watchful attention
- Solemn watch
- Candlelight event, perhaps
- Candlelight event
- Period of watchfulness
- Candlelight ceremony of a sort
- Surveillance period
- Continuous watch
- Wakeful watch
- Rite of staying awake for prayer on the eve of a religious festival
- All-night watch
- Watch maintained at night
- Candlelight ritual
- Purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- Watch as Dante's companion runs out
- Wake
- Roman poet loses his third watch
- Watchful period
- What a sentry keeps
- One may be held by candlelight
- Candlelit ceremony, e.g.
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - October 12, 2026
- Your Life Choices - September 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - July 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 24, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 07, 2026
- Daily American - November 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 10, 2025
- New York Times - August 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 30, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 30, 2025
- Daily American - April 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 06, 2024
- New York Times - July 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 06, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 07, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - December 04, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - November 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 15, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - November 14, 2023
- Daily American - November 05, 2023
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