vigil

vigil
noun
1 when you stay awake to care for sb, etc.
ADJECTIVE
24-hour, all-night, constant, round-the-clock (BrE)

Since the accident, the boy's parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside.

bedside (esp. BrE)

His fiancée kept a bedside vigil during his weeks in intensive care.

lonely

For three nights he maintained his lonely vigil.

VERB + VIGIL
keep, maintain, stand

He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil.

PREPOSITION
vigil over

the husband's vigil over his dying wife

2 silent political protest; time of prayer
ADJECTIVE
candlelight (esp. AmE), candlelit (esp. BrE)

Protesters held a candlelight/candlelit vigil against the war.

silent

a silent vigil outside the presidential palace

prayer
peace
VERB + VIGIL
hold
organize
attend
PREPOSITION
vigil for

a vigil for the murdered politician


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  • Vigil — (von lateinisch vigilare: wachen), Plural Vigilien und Vigiles, ist: In liturgischer Hinsicht: ein Teil des monastischen Stundengebets, der in der Nacht bzw. den frühen Morgenstunden gebetet wird. Siehe: Matutin bzw. auch Mette. eine „Nachtwache“ …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • vigil — ● vigil, vigile adjectif (latin vigil, éveillé) Se dit de ce qui survient à l état de veille. ● vigil, vigile (expressions) adjectif (latin vigil, éveillé) Coma vigil, coma au stade 1. ● vigil, vigile (homonymes) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • vigil — vigíl adj. m., pl. vigíli; f. sg. vigílă, pl. vigíle Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  VIGÍL, Ă adj. (Liv.) Care veghează; atent, deştept, treaz. // s.m. (Ant.) Membru al gărzii instituite î …   Dicționar Român

  • Vigil — Vig il, n. [OE. vigile, L. vigilia, from vigil awake, watchful, probably akin to E. wake: cf. F. vigile. See {Wake}, v. i., and cf. {Reveille}, {Surveillance}, {Vedette}, {Vegetable}, {Vigor}.] 1. Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vigil — early 13c., eve of a religious festival (an occasion for devotional watching or observance), from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. vigile, from L. vigilia watch, watchfulness, from vigil watchful, awake, from PIE *wog /*weg be lively or active, be strong (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • vígil — adj. 2 g. 1. Que vela ou que vigia. = VIGILANTE 2. Que está acordado. 3.  [Medicina, Psicologia] Relativo a vigília ou a vigilância (ex.: estado vígil). • Plural: vígeis.   ‣ Etimologia: latim vigil, ilis …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • VIGIL — an quia visu agilis; anex Graeco ἀγαλλὸς, ab ἀγαλλιάω, a. in i. mutatô, Scalig. ad Varron. dictus est. Eorum olim Romae familia publica fuit, quae incendia restingueret. Seneca, Ep. 64. Intervenerunt quidam amici, propter quos maior fumus fieret …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • vigil — [vij′əl] n. [ME vigile < OFr < L vigilia, a watch < vigil, awake < vegere, to arouse: see WAKE1] 1. a) a purposeful or watchful staying awake during the usual hours of sleep b) a watch kept, or the period of this 2. Eccles. the… …   English World dictionary

  • vigil — index notice (heed), precaution, surveillance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • vigil — [n] watch attention, awareness, duty, eagle eye*, guard, lookout, monitoring, nightwatch, notice, observance, observation, patrol, stakeout, surveillance, vigilance, watchfulness; concepts 134,623 …   New thesaurus

  • vigil — ► NOUN ▪ a period of staying awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray. ORIGIN from Latin, awake …   English terms dictionary

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