vigil

[US]/'vɪdʒɪl/
[UK]/'vɪdʒɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. staying awake, especially at night, to keep watch or pray before a religious festival

Phrases & Collocations

candlelight vigil

hold a vigil

attend a vigil

prayer vigil

Example Sentences

a jittery vigil in the dark.

a silent vigil outside the presidential palace

a vigil for the murdered politician

my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours.

as he lay in a coma the family kept vigil .

For three nights, the shepherd maintained his lonely vigil.

Cabezon C, Vigil P, Rojas I, Leiva ME, Riquelme R, Aranda W, Garcia C.Adolescent pregnancy prevention: An abstinence-centered randomized controlled intervention in a Chilean public high school.

Real-world Examples

There was candlelight vigils. It felt almost funereal.

Source: NPR News February 2020 Compilation

Our correspondent Gavin Lee attended the vigil.

Source: BBC Listening March 2016 Compilation

Families and friends of miners have been holding a vigil outside.

Source: CNN Listening Collection May 2014

Hundreds of people attended the vigil for the slain officers Monday.

Source: AP Listening Compilation June 2015

I stood vigil for him myself last night.

Source: Game of Thrones (Season 1)

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was loudly booed as he addressed a vigil on Sunday.

Source: AP Listening Collection August 2023

Honour to those indefatigable spirits who consecrate their vigils to the amelioration or to the alleviation of their kind!

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Meanwhile the National Organization for Women plans a candle light vigil at the Supreme Court.

Source: NPR News January 2013 Compilation

Nicky Spencer-Coker is spokeswomen for PowerWomen232, a group of professional women that organized the vigil.

Source: VOA Standard August 2015 Collection

They murmur prayers, forming a makeshift vigil.

Source: NPR News January 2021 Compilation

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