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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

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