vigil

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/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/

noun 4verb 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.) when you stay awake to look after sb, etc.

ADJ

all-night, constant, round-the-clock, 24-hour

The hospital staff maintained an all-night vigil while they waited for news about the patient's condition.

bedside

lonely

After the accident, she kept a lonely vigil at her father's hospital bedside.

VERB + VIGIL

keep, maintain

The nurses maintained vigil at the patient's bedside throughout the long night.

PREP

~ over

The mother kept vigil over her son's hospital bed through the entire night.

(noun.) silent political protest; time of prayer

ADJ

candlelight/candlelit, night-time, nocturnal

The families kept a candlelit vigil outside the hospital all night long.

silent

Supporters held a silent vigil at the hospital gates while waiting for news about the injured player.

prayer

VERB + VIGIL

hold, stage | attend

PREP

~ for

Thousands of people held a vigil for the missing children throughout the night.

Definitions

noun

An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

I saw her head drooped upon her hand; her whole attitude expressing that profound depression, whose lonely vigil wastes the midnight in a gloomy watch, which yet hopes for nothing at its close.

Eventually the body trade grew so reckless that relatives took to holding graveside vigils, lest their loved ones disappear in the night.

A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.

His dog kept vigil outside the hospital for eight days while he was recovering from an accident.

The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.

verb

To participate in a vigil.

As the arrested painters and their supporters waited out their "day in court," other activists distributed Hiroshima information leaflets, vigiled silently with placards and banners, and marched 500-strong through downtown Boston to a rally at City Hall Plaza.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

watch

noun — the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especiall

watch

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I saw her head drooped upon her hand; her whole attitude expressing that profound depression, whose lonely vigil wastes the midnight in a gloomy watch, which yet hopes for nothing at its close.

Wiktionary

Eventually the body trade grew so reckless that relatives took to holding graveside vigils, lest their loved ones disappear in the night.

Wiktionary

A vigil was held for Ms. Cheptegei on Wednesday night, Ms. Indimuli said, with many women praying that she would survive.

Wiktionary

She kept an all-night vigil over her sick child.

Tatoeba · #316700

We must maintain a constant vigil.

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