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noun
The action of abiding through the night at a location; (countable) an instance of this; an overnight stay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, uncountable
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noun
The action of walking about at night, especially as a vigil or watch; (countable) an instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, uncountable
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noun
A religious watch kept during normal sleeping hours, during which prayers or other ceremonies are performed; a vigil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, formal, obsolete
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion
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History
PIE word *nókwts Learned borrowing from Late Latin pernoctātiō (“act of spending of the night (doing something, particularly praying)”), from pernoctō (“to spend the night”) + -tiō (action noun suffix). Pernoctō is from per- (prefix with the sense of completion or entirety forming verbs) + nox (“night; darkness”). By surface analysis, pernoctate + -ion.
Across languages
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