See also:

• VIGIL (Lat. vigilia, "watch ")

VIGIL (See also:

• LAT

Lat. vigilia, "See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch ")  , in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, the See also:

• EVE

eve of a festival . The use of the word is, however, See also:

• LATE

late, the vigiliae (pernoctationes, sravvvxi&es) having originally been the services, consisting of prayers, See also:

• HYMNS

hymns, processions and some-times the See also:

• EUCHARIST (Gr. evXapurria, thanksgiving)

eucharist, celebrated on the preceding See also:

• NIGHT

night in preparation for the feast . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest of the vigils is that of . See also:

• EASTER

Easter Eve, those of See also:

• PENTECOST

Pentecost and See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas being instituted somewhat later . With the Easter See also:

• VIGIL (Lat. vigilia, "watch ")

vigil the eucharist was specially associated, and See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism with that of Pentecost (see See also:

• WHITSUNDAY, or PENTECOST (Lat. Pentecoste, Gr. 7revr?p oa'Til sc. iyipa, Fr. Pentecote, Ger. Pfingsten, fr. O. H. Ger. fimfchustin)

WHITSUNDAY) . The abuses connected with nocturnal vigils' led to their being attacked, especially by Vigilentius of See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona (c . 400), against whom See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome fulminated in this as in other matters . The See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, however, increased, vigils being instituted for the other festivals, including those of See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the nocturnal vigilia were, except in the monasteries, gradually discontinued, See also:

• MATINS (Fr. matins, med. Lat. matutinae, sc. possibly vigiliae, morning watches; from matutinus, " belonging to the morning ")

matins and See also:

• VESPERS (officium vespertinum)
• VESPERS, SICILIAN

vespers on the preceding See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, with See also:

• FASTING (from " fast," derived from old Teutonic fastejan; synonyms being the Gr. vnorebety, late Lat. jejunare)

fasting, taking their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic . Church the vigil is now usually celebrated on the See also:

• MORNING

morning of the day preceding the festival, except at Christmas, when a midnight See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass is celebrated, and on Easter Eve . These vigils are further distinguished as privileged and unprivileged . The former (except that of the See also:

• EPIPHANY, FEAST OF

Epiphany) have See also:

• SPECIAL

special offices; in the latter the vigil is merely commemorated .

The Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England has reverted to See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early. custom in so far as only ".Easter Even " is distinguished by a special collect; See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

gospel and See also:

• EPISTLE

epistle .