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vigil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | watch |
| Type of | surveillance |
| Has types | spying, listening watch, continuous receiver watch |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wakefulness |
Examples of vigil
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More than 100 newsmen were in Chowchilla for the vigil with families and lawmen.
From the sacbee.com
Later, from his porch, he looked on as his community formed a candlelight vigil.
From the edition.cnn.com
The flyer was passed out by Miles mother for a vigil for her son in May of 2010.
From the sacbee.com
She had talked me into going to a midnight candlelight vigil to save the church.
From the post-gazette.com
Aiyana's family is planning to memorialize her, likely with a candlelight vigil.
From the freep.com
It was still early morning and I had dozed off while keeping vigil on our route.
From the guardian.co.uk
More than eight years later, this small, 365-day-a-year vigil may seem quixotic.
From the abcnews.go.com
Every evening, she read my father the Hanuman Chalisa and kept a vigil over him.
From the newsobserver.com
On Wednesday night friends and neighbors held a small vigil for the little girl.
From the abcnews.go.com
- A period of sleeplessness
- The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
- Watch: a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- A vigil (from the Latin vigilia, meaning wakefulness) is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means "eve" (as in on the eve of the war).
- Vigil is a studio album by The Easybeats. The album was released on October 17, 1968. It was later reissued by Repertoire Records and included ten more tracks.
- Vigil was a mid to late 1980s modern rock band based out of Baltimore, Maryland.
- Vigil is a 1984 New Zealand drama film directed by Vincent Ward. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
- Vigil (foaled 1873) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
- The following is a complete list of episodes for the 1980s television series Dynasty, in broadcast order.
