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Vigil

ˈvɪdʒ(ɪ)l

Vigil definitions

noun

Inflections:

vigil vigils

a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray

"my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours"

Synonyms:
vigilance vigil watch close watch monitoring policing surveillance sentry duty
- a stationary, peaceful demonstration in support of a particular cause, typically without speeches
  
  "the group held a candlelight vigil outside the jail"
(in the Christian Church) the eve of a festival or holy day as an occasion of religious observance

Synonyms:
burial burying interment entombment committal inhumation laying to rest consignment to the grave
- nocturnal devotions