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- Dictionaryvigil/ˈvɪdʒ(ɪ)l/
noun
- 1. a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray: "my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours"
- 2. (in the Christian Church) the eve of a festival or holy day as an occasion of religious observance.
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an act of staying awake, especially at night, in order to be with a person who is very ill or dying, or to make a protest, or to pray: His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died. Supporters of the peace movement held an all-night candlelit vigil outside the cathedral. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of VIGIL is the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary; also : a period of wakefulness. How to use vigil in a sentence.
a period of staying awake to be with someone who is ill or to call public attention to something: The boy’s parents kept a long vigil in his hospital room. A candlelight vigil on the steps of the courthouse was held to protest the verdict in this trial.
A vigil is when you stay alert to guard something, as when you keep vigil over your hen house when the foxes are out. A vigil can also be solemn, as when a candlelight vigil is held for victims of a tragedy.
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. Protesters are holding a twenty-four hour vigil outside the party headquarters.
Vigil definition: wakefulness or watchfulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping. See examples of VIGIL used in a sentence.
vigil. (ˈvɪdʒɪl) n. 1. a purposeful watch maintained, esp at night, to guard, observe, pray, etc. 2. the period of such a watch. 3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church Church of England the eve of certain major festivals, formerly observed as a night spent in prayer: often marked by fasting and abstinence and a special Mass and divine office. 4.
