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US
/ˈvɪdʒəɫ/
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[ UK /vˈɪdʒɪl/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪdʒɪl/ ]
NOUN
- a period of sleeplessness
- the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
- a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
How To Use vigil In A Sentence
- Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
- Your stepson could have been left in a dysregulated state whereby he is primed to be constantly hypervigilant to threat and to respond. Times, Sunday Times
- It might have been her outpouring of love and grief, it might have been her courage in driving away the wild animals, the length of her lonely vigil on the mountain, or a combination of these.
- He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
- Teaching Unions whose members make a pretty penny from invigilating and correcting.
- For the rest of us, it has been six months of adjustment to a new family situation, tough occasionally but generally an improvement: far fewer messes to clear up, no constant vigilance on the bathroom and kitchen, much greater freedom for us to go on family outings (most often, of course, to see B up in Limburg). Six months on
- Vigilance is needed for any features of possible optic neuropathy, such as blurred vision, impaired colour perception, and reduced visual acuity
- After a resurgence of vigilante action, including necklacing, he had asked the agencies for information on why it was happening.
- I would appeal to people to be vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour near farms.
- If we could take a look now at those live pictures of St. Peter's Square, to an estimated 70,000 people have gathered to maintain a vigil and to pray for the pope.