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  • They might also be eaten on Fridays: the term vigilia in Spanish refers to meatless days--days of "vigil"--in general.

    Lenten Tacos or Tostados Jennifer Gregory Miller 2009

  • They might also be eaten on Fridays: the term vigilia in Spanish refers to meatless days--days of "vigil"--in general.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jessica 2009

  • In remembering Rita, let us keep vigil -- its Latin root "vigilia" means "night spent watching" -- against hatred and violence.

    Irene Monroe: Remembering Trans Heroine Rita Hester Irene Monroe 2010

  • In remembering Rita, let us keep vigil -- its Latin root "vigilia" means "night spent watching" -- against hatred and violence.

    Irene Monroe: Remembering Trans Heroine Rita Hester Irene Monroe 2010

  • In Mexico, the nopal becomes especially important table fare during “vigilia” (Mexican Catholic Lent), when the Church frowns upon the consumption of meat.

    Nopales, tunas and pitayas 2007

  • In Mexico, the nopal becomes especially important table fare during “vigilia” (Mexican Catholic Lent), when the Church frowns upon the consumption of meat.

    Nopales, tunas and pitayas 2007

  • Somnium et vigilia in Somnium Scipionis: Commentary on the Dream of Scipio, ed. and transl.

    Juan Luis Vives [Joannes Ludovicus Vives] Casini, Lorenzo 2009

  • Drossaart Lulofs, H.J. (ed.), 1943, Aristotelis de somno et vigilia liber adiectis vetribus translationibus et Theodori Metochitae commentario, Leiden.

    Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

  • Nullus mihi per otium dies exit, partem noctis studiis dedico, non vero somno, sed oculos vigilia fatigatos cadentesque, in operam detineo.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Victus nomine non tam cibus et potus, sed aer, exercitatio, somnus, vigilia, et reliquae res sex non-naturales contineritur.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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