vigil
An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or…An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
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» We must maintain a constant vigil.
Мы должны постоянно оставаться на страже. — Wezel
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Examples
5 sentencesWe must maintain a constant vigil.
ruМы должны постоянно оставаться на страже. — Wezel
They are not able to keep vigil.
She is not able to keep vigil.
Meaning
4 sensesAn instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
Wache, Nachtwache
бде́ниеbdénije
бдінняbdinnja, чуванняčuvannja, неспанняnespannja
The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
Vigil, Nachtwache
бдінняbdinnja, чуванняčuvannja
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
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.
Wache, Vigil
пильнуванняpylʹnuvannja, вартаvarta
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.
The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.
Mahnwache
пикети́рованиеpiketírovanije
Origin
From Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vFrom Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, lively, awake”). Doublet of Wigilia. See also wake and vigor, from the same root.
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