AGRYPNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agrypnia mean? 

• AGRYPNIA (noun)
  The noun AGRYPNIA has 1 sense:

1. a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter)

  Familiarity information: AGRYPNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGRYPNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("agrypnia" is a kind of...):

vigil; watch (the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival))

Derivation:

agrypnotic (of or pertaining to agrypnia)