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Bookmark or Share- Vigil - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comA 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. Vigil comes from the Latin word for "awake," and all its meanings include the idea of watchfulness.
- Vigil - WikipediaA vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Greek: pannychis, [1] παννυχίς or agrypnia[2] ἀγρυπνία), [3] is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means 'eve' (as in "on the eve of the war").
- Vigil (liturgy) - WikipediaIn Christian liturgy, a vigil is, in origin, a religious service held during the night leading to a Sunday or other feastday. [1] The Latin term vigilia, from which the word is derived meant a watch night, not necessarily in a military context, and generally reckoned as a fourth part of the night from sunset to sunrise.
- Candlelight vigil - WikipediaA candlelight vigil or candlelit vigil or candlelight service is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to pray, show support for a specific cause, or remember the dead, in which case, the event is often called a candlelight memorial. [1]
- Vigil Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websternoun. vig· il ˈvi-jəl. Synonyms of vigil. 1. : the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary. also : a period of wakefulness. 2. : an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night. a candlelight vigil.
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