Vigil

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

   “I saw her head drooped upon her hand; her whole attitude expressing that profound depression, whose lonely vigil wastes the midnight in a gloomy watch, which yet hopes for nothing at its close.”

2. isim 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. isim The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
4. isim A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

   “The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.”

5. fiil To participate in a vigil.

   “As the arrested painters and their supporters waited out their "day in court," other activists distributed Hiroshima information leaflets, vigiled silently with placards and banners, and marched 500-strong through downtown Boston to a rally at City Hall Plaza.”

6. özel isim A surname.