vigil in the PONS Dictionary

vigil Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

an all-night candlelit prayer vigil (protest)
нощно бдение
to keep vigil
бдя

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In response to the violence, several hundred held a peace vigil in which they linked arms and encircled the building.
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This award is presented each year at the vigil.
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It is reputed for strict and vigil conductance of various examinations.
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The vigil is rewarded by the sounds of digging and eventually a hand pushing aside a flagstone.
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His first works were two prayer books for burials and vigils (1838).
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The organization employed prayer vigils as a technique to call attention to issues.
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People fast throughout the day and a vigil is kept at night when the deity is worshipped.
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During the incident the five evicted monks maintained a vigil outside the monastery sleeping in their car.
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A vigil held the week after his death drew representatives from both communities.
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An online prayer circle is often a vigil set up by a participant in honor of someone close to that participant.
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