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WATCH NIGHT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does watch night mean?

• WATCH NIGHT (noun)
The noun WATCH NIGHT has 1 sense:

1. a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)

Familiarity information: WATCH NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WATCH NIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("watch night" is a kind of...):

divine service; religious service; service (the act of public worship following prescribed rules)

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