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Vigil
vigil
(vigils) A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest. Protesters are holding a twenty-four hour vigil outside the socialist party headquarters. N-COUNT • If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest. She kept a vigil at Patrick’s bedside. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR prep/adv
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noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin ~ia watch on the eve of a feast, from Latin, wakefulness, watch, from ~ awake, watchful; akin to Latin vigere to be vigorous, vegere to enliven — more at wake Date: 13th century 1. a. a watch formerly kept on the night before a religious feast with prayer or other devotions b. the day before a religious feast observed as a day of spiritual preparation c. evening or nocturnal devotions or prayers — usually used in plural 2. the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary; also a period of wakefulness 3. an act or period of watching or surveillance ; watch kept ~ at her bedside ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a keeping awake during the time usually given to sleep, esp. to keep watch or pray (keep vigil). b a period of this. 2 Eccl. the eve of a festival or holy day. 3 (in pl.) nocturnal devotions. Etymology: ME f. OF vigile f. L vigilia f. vigil awake ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. бодрствование to keep vigil over a sick child —- дежурить у постели больного ребенка 2. бдение; бессонница 3. церк. канун праздника, особ. постный день 4. церк. преим. pl. ночная служба; всенощное бдение; всенощная the Easter vigil —- пасхальная заутреня 5. круглосуточная демонстрация протеста (обыкн. около какого-л. посольства, министерства и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) бодрствование; дежурство; to keep vigil - бодрствовать; дежурить; to keep vigil over a sick child - не отходить от (постели) больного ребенка 2) пикетирование (здания суда, посольства и т.п.) 3) eccl. канун праздника; пост накануне праздника ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a period of time, especially during the night, when you stay awake in order to pray or remain with someone who is ill (keep (a) vigil) (For three weeks Jeff kept a vigil while his son lay in a coma.) 2 a silent political protest in which people wait outside a building, especially during the night (hold a vigil) (Over 2000 demonstrators held a candlelit peace vigil in front of the US embassy.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., "eve of a religious festival" (an occasion for devotional watching or observance), later "watch kept on a festival eve" (c.1395), from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. vigile, from L. vigilia "watch, watchfulness," from vigil "watchful, awake" (related to vigere "be lively, thrive," and to vegere "to enliven"), from PIE *wog-/*weg- "be lively or active." Vigilant is from c.1480; vigilance is attested from 1570. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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