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 ~ at his bedside.
▪ bedside ( esp. BrE )
▪
His fiancée kept a bedside ~ during his weeks in intensive care.
▪ lonely
▪
For three nights he maintained his lonely ~.
VERB + VIGIL
▪ keep , maintain , stand
▪
He told the gatekeeper to keep ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ over
▪
the husband's ~ over his dying wife
2 silent political protest; time of prayer
ADJECTIVE
▪ candlelight ( esp. AmE ), candlelit ( esp. BrE )
▪
Protesters held a candlelight/candlelit ~ against the war.
▪ silent
▪
a silent ~ outside the presidential palace
▪ prayer
▪ peace
VERB + VIGIL
▪ hold
▪ organize
▪ attend
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for the murdered politician