vigil
/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/ sustantivo C1En español: vigilia, víspera
- An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
- A period of observation or surveillance at any hour. · His dog kept vigil outside the hospital for eight days while he was recovering from an accident.
- The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
- A quiet demonstration in support of a cause. · The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.
Plural vigils
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But she went away kindly, leaving Anne alone to keep her first vigil with sorrow.
“The night was fine, but still it was a very weary vigil.
It proved, however, that our vigil was not to be so long as Holmes had led us to fear, and it ended in a very sudden and singular fashion.
The village sergeant, a tall, formal, melancholy man, still held his vigil in the room of Fate.
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