What does watch night mean?

watch night means "a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)".

Is watch night a common word?

watch night is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Watch night — meaning and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)
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What does watch night mean?: watch night means "a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)".
Is watch night a common word?: watch night is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for watch night come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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