1. vigil - Noun
2. vigil - Verb
3. Vigil - Proper noun
Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.
Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA 24-hour vigil remembering the 24 service members from Louisiana who are still missing kicked off with a 5 p.m. ceremony at the Deridder POW/MIA memorial. Source: Internet
A ban on gatherings of more than eight people has been extended to June 4, the day of an annual candlelight vigil to mark the Chinese military’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Source: Internet
A candlelit vigil in Tehran for the victims Saturday evening into a protest before police broke up the gathering with tear gas. Source: Internet
A candlelight vigil was held at Dorchester Square in Montreal on Wednesday August 5, 2020 for the victims of the explosion in Beirut. Source: Internet
A discussion group called Let Lawrence Live was formed by the English Department at the university and dozens from the Humanities Department gathered on the campus in front of the Memorial Campanile and lit candles in a peace vigil. Source: Internet
A candlelight vigil held for Jamar Clark in Minneapolis in 2015. Source: Internet