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vigil

noun
/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/

Etymology

From Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, lively, awake”). Doublet of Wigilia. See also wake and vigor, from the same root.

  1. derived from *weǵ-✻
  2. derived from vigilia
  3. derived from vigile
  4. inherited from vigile

Definitions

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

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

  2. 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.

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

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

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

    2. To participate in a vigil.

    3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

candlelight vigil, coma vigil, keep vigil

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA