Vigil
11vigil — ► NOUN ▪ a period of staying awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray. ORIGIN from Latin, awake …
12vigil — 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 …
13vigil — n. 1) to hold a vigil; to keep (a) vigil 2) an all night vigil 3) a vigil over * * * [ vɪdʒɪl] to keep (a) vigil a vigil over an all night vigil to hold a vigil …
14Vigil — A vigil (from the Latin vigilia , meaning wakefulness ) is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.It can also be the eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional… …
15vigil — [[t]vɪ̱ʤɪl[/t]] vigils N COUNT A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest. A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory …
16vigil — vi|gil 〈[vi ] Adj.〉 wachend, schlaflos [<lat. vigil „wachend, munter“] * * * vi|gil <Adj.> [lat. vigil, zu: vigere = frisch u. kräftig, voller Lebenskraft sein] (Med.): wachend, schlaflos. * * * Vigil [v ; aus lateinisch vigilia »das… …
17Vigil — Vi|gil 〈[ vi ] f.; , gi|li|en〉 Vorabend hoher kath. Feste; oV Vigilie [<lat. vigilia „das Wachen; Nachtwache; Viertel der Nacht“ (die Nacht von Sonnenuntergang bis Sonnenaufgang zerfiel in vier Nachtwachen zu rund drei Stunden, die je nach… …
18vigil — vig|il [ˈvıdʒıl] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: vigile, from Latin vigilia staying awake, keeping watch , from vigil awake ] 1.) a period of time, especially during the night, when you stay awake in order to pray, remain with …
19vigil — noun (C, U) 1 a period of time, especially during the night, when you stay awake in order to pray or remain with someone who is ill: keep (a) vigil: For three weeks Jeff kept a vigil while his son lay in a coma. 2 a silent political protest in… …
20vigil — UK [ˈvɪdʒɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms vigil : singular vigil plural vigils 1) a) a period of time, especially at night, when you stay in a place to wait for something or to give your support to someone Bill kept a constant vigil by his… …
