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• vigil — n. 1) to hold a vigil; to keep (a) vigil 2) an all night vigil 3) a vigil over * * * [ vɪdʒɪl] to keep (a) vigil a vigil over an all night vigil to hold a vigil …   Combinatory dictionary

• vigil — noun (C, U) 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• vigil — noun 1 when you stay awake to care for sb, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ 24 hour, all night, constant, round the clock (BrE) ▪ Since the accident, the boy s parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside. ▪ bedside (esp. BrE …   Collocations dictionary

• Vigil — A vigil (from the Latin vigilia , meaning wakefulness ) is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.It can also be the eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional… …   Wikipedia

• hold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act/way of holding sth ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, tight ▪ He still had me in a tight hold. VERB + HOLD ▪ catch, get, grab …   Collocations dictionary

• Vigil — The knight’s watch the night before his elevation to knighthood, the accolade, frequently conducted upon the altar at a church. There is little mention of the practice before the late 15th century, yet it has become an iconographic part of the… …   Medieval glossary

• Rebecca Vigil-Giron — Infobox US Cabinet official imagesize = 150px name = Rebecca Vigil Giron width = 200px state = New Mexico title = Former New Mexico Secretary of State date of birth = birth date and age|1954|09|04 place of birth = Taos, New Mexico successor =… …   Wikipedia

• The Deathbed Vigil — Commodore International war ein Unternehmen mit Sitz in West Chester, Pennsylvania, das in den 1980er und frühen 1990er Jahren den Markt für Heimcomputer beherrschte. Darüber hinaus war es Anfang der 1980er Jahre auch Marktführer bei ersten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Candlelight vigil — A candlelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster …   Wikipedia

• William Hope Hodgson's short stories — This page contains information about the short stories of William Hope Hodgson.=The Sargasso Sea Stories=For further details about William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea cycle of stories, see the article on William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea… …   Wikipedia

• Stephen Gately — Gately performing with Boyzone at Wembley Arena, May 2009. Background information Birth name Stephen Patrick David Gately …   Wikipedia