Sentence:  [Joseph] Pilmore conducted the first <WSD>watchnight</WSD> in Virginia, lasting from 8:00 p.m. until midnight, on Sunday, April 25, 1773. Like the love-feast, the <WSD>watchnight</WSD> often formed one of the more public features of the quarterly meetings ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A monthly or quarterly religious service participated in by Methodists which extended past midnight.