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Add your E-mail to our Mailing List to receive a notice when we update our web site. | | | | | selected terms: 2 | | page 1 of 1 | | 1. | Vigil | The eve of certain festivals, usually observed by a fast and communal worship as a preparation for the feast. | | 2. | Virgins' Houses | Before monasticism some virgins used to live together in particular houses, where they prayed together and served the poor. The bishop or priest cared for them. | | | |
