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candlelight vigil

noun

Etymology

From candlelight + vigil.

  1. derived from *weǵ-✻
  2. derived from vigilia
  3. derived from vigile
  4. inherited from vigile
  5. compounded as candlelight vigil — “candlelight + vigil”

Definitions

  1. An event that includes lighting candles, used to remember the victims of a tragedy.

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