A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.
1 In recent years, Hong Kong's annual 4 June vigil has caused controversy.
2 At the N.Y. State Theatre a 12-hour chamber music vigil was held.
3 Mumia's family is keeping vigil in the ICU critical care visiting room.
4 US Ambassador to New Zealand Mark Gilbert also spoke at the vigil .
5 Kagiso abandons body of her calf after keeping vigil for three days.
6 Earlier Saturday, thousands of people packed a vigil at Auckland's Aotea Square.
7 All the long night he spent in vigil and groanings and watchfulness.
8 There we saw the evidence of the long vigil of the night.
9 It wasn't easy; I almost abandoned my vigil , then she was possessed.
10 He has visited the family and joined in with a religious vigil .
11 A public vigil will be held in Wellington tonight in Civic Square.
12 Twice in the stillness of his long vigil he heard strange cries.
13 The boy felt a great sense of relief in his lonely vigil .
14 In tearless grief Paolo Tarsis kept vigil through the short summer night.
15 Four weeks, five weeks, six weeks the vigil in the cabane lasted.
16 In the parlor, a party equally silent and gloomy kept their vigil .
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