vigil

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

vigils

1.
An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
2.
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.
3.
The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
4.
A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.
The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

vigils

V_ing/Gerund

vigiling

V_ed/pp

vigillingvigiled

1.
To participate in a vigil.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

look-outlookoutqui vivewatchlookout, look-out, qui vive, watch

Cùng gốc / liên quan

candlelight vigilcoma vigilkeep vigilvigilance vigilantvigilationvigilous

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From 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). Wigilia. See also wake and vigor, from the same root.