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Meanings of vigil in English

Portuguese
guarda
Spanish
vela
Catalan
vigília

A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.

        guarda
        Usage of vigil in English
        1
        In recent years, Hong Kong's annual 4 June vigil has caused controversy.
        The Guardian
        2
        At the N.Y. State Theatre a 12-hour chamber music vigil was held.
        The new yorker
        3
        Mumia's family is keeping vigil in the ICU critical care visiting room.
        Ebony
        4
        US Ambassador to New Zealand Mark Gilbert also spoke at the vigil.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Kagiso abandons body of her calf after keeping vigil for three days.
        Leaving Time
        6
        Earlier Saturday, thousands of people packed a vigil at Auckland's Aotea Square.
        Radio NZ
        7
        All the long night he spent in vigil and groanings and watchfulness.
        French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
        8
        There we saw the evidence of the long vigil of the night.
        Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
        9
        It wasn't easy; I almost abandoned my vigil, then she was possessed.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        10
        He has visited the family and joined in with a religious vigil.
        The South African
        11
        A public vigil will be held in Wellington tonight in Civic Square.
        Radio NZ
        12
        Twice in the stillness of his long vigil he heard strange cries.
        The Golden Snare
        13
        The boy felt a great sense of relief in his lonely vigil.
        The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plain...
        14
        In tearless grief Paolo Tarsis kept vigil through the short summer night.
        Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air
        15
        Four weeks, five weeks, six weeks the vigil in the cabane lasted.
        The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature
        16
        In the parlor, a party equally silent and gloomy kept their vigil.
        The Rector of St. Mark's
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        Translations for vigil
        Portuguese
        guardavigília
        Catalan
        vigília
        Vigil through the time
        Vigil across language varieties
        New Zealand
        Common
        Ireland
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common
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