vigil

IPA: vˈɪdʒʌɫ

An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.
The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.
A surname.

Examples of "vigil" in Sentences

A vigil is planned in his memory for Saturday, she said.
The Mass of the vigil is changed in only a few respects.
The proper hour for the celebration of the Easter vigil is also traditionally after None, as in all the ferial days of Lent.
As noted in the article on the Mass of Holy Saturday, the Easter vigil, is not a first Mass of the Resurrection; it is a vigil, a keeping watch.
(The centrality of this reading to the Easter vigil is emphasized by a rubric of the Missal of 1970, which specifies that it may never be omitted.) 5.
This vigil is being held in the hopes that both the LGBTQ and straight communities will come together to remember those lost, to provide support for the living, and to inspire hope and action for the future.
The reform of Pope Pius XII did not in fact restore the Easter vigil to its proper historical time after None, since it mandated that the vigil is to start at such an hour that the actual Mass will begin around midnight.