vigil
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Britannica Dictionary definition of VIGIL
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an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night
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The night before he was scheduled to be executed, the group held a candlelight vigil for him outside the prison. [=they held candles and waited for him to be executed or pardoned]
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She kept vigil at the bedside of her ailing son. [=she sat beside her son's bed when he was ill]
