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BNC: 14239 COCA: 10146

vigil

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vigil /ˈvɪʤəl/ noun
plural vigils
vigil
/ˈvɪʤəl/
noun
plural vigils
Learner's definition of VIGIL
: an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night(尤指在夜晚的)守候,祈祷
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BNC: 14239 COCA: 10146

vigil

noun

vig·​il ˈvi-jəl How to pronounce vigil (audio)
1
: the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary
also : a period of wakefulness
2
: an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night
a candlelight vigil
kept vigil at her bedside
3
a
: a watch formerly kept on the night before a religious feast with prayer or other devotions
b
: the day before a religious feast observed as a day of spiritual preparation
c
: evening or nocturnal devotions or prayers
usually used in plural

Example Sentences

kept vigil at their ailing son's bedside the entire time he was in the hospital
Recent Examples on the Web There was a vigil on campus Sunday night, where community members mourned. Matthew Vantryon, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022 Akron police and Horrigan have asked the public for calm after the deaths of Journei Tolbert, 4, and Johnny Gaiter, 40, were shot while attending a vigil in the 700 block of Princeton Street on Friday night. Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 11 July 2022 In one of the new Chinese history textbooks, the incident has been reduced to a paragraph, with no photos or mention of a toll or the annual vigil for the victims once held in Hong Kong. Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Katie Gauthier, a Lowell resident who organized the vigil, said the community needed to get together and do something for the family after the tragedy. Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 In 2013, when President Barack Obama was considering airstrikes in Syria to punish the government President Bashar al-Assad for his use of chemical weapons, the pope led 100,000 people in a four-hour prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square. Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 5 May 2022 The Johnson family organized a candlelight vigil for the longtime Brooklyn resident, and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott pledged to intensify anti-violence efforts in the area. Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2022 Parker says the family plans to have a candlelit vigil for Owen soon. PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2022 Shari Gullo and Pamela Self, co-founders of the Ela Peace Project, organized the vigil at the suggestion of an Ela Township official. Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English vigile, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin vigilia watch on the eve of a feast, from Latin, wakefulness, watch, from vigil awake, watchful; akin to Latin vigēre to be vigorous, vegēre to enliven — more at wake

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Time Traveler
The first known use of vigil was in the 13th century
BNC: 14239 COCA: 10146
vigil

noun¹

1when you stay awake to care for sb, etc.夜間看護ADJECTIVE | VERB + VIGIL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE24-hour, all-night, constant, round-the-clock (BrE) * 24 小時/通宵/日夜/晝夜守護Since the accident, the boy's parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside.事故發生後,男孩的父母日夜守護在他的牀邊。bedside (especially BrE) 牀邊看護His fiancée kept a bedside vigil during his weeks in intensive care.在他處於重症監護的幾週裏,未婚妻一直守候在他的牀邊。lonely孤獨的守夜For three nights he maintained his lonely vigil.他孤零零地連續看守了 3 個晚上。VERB + VIGILkeep, maintain, stand值夜;夜間保持警戒He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil.他告訴看門人要值夜。PREPOSITIONvigil over對⋯的值夜守護the husband's vigil over his dying wife丈夫在妻子彌留之際的不眠守護
vigil

noun²

2silent political protest; time of prayer靜默抗議;祈禱ADJECTIVE | VERB + VIGIL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcandlelight, candlelit (especially BrE) 點燭光的守夜抗議Protesters held a candlelight / candlelit vigil against the war.抗議者舉行了燭光守夜以反對戰爭。silent無聲的守夜抗議a silent vigil outside the presidential palace總統府外無聲的守夜抗議prayer守夜祈禱peace為和平守夜祈禱VERB + VIGILhold守夜organize組織守夜抗議attend參加夜間祈禱PREPOSITIONvigil for為⋯的靜默抗議a vigil for the murdered politician為遭謀殺的從政者舉行的靜默抗議

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