vigil

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from. See also and, from the same root.

Noun

 * 1) An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
 * 2) A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.
 * The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.
 * 1) A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.
 * The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.

Translations

 * Asturian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cebuano: tukaw
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: bdění
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ; yövartio
 * French:
 * Galician: vixilia
 * Georgian: სიფხიზლე, ფხიზლობა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 寝ずの番
 * Korean: 밤샘, 밤새움
 * Latin: vigilia
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бдје́ње, бди̏је̄ње
 * Roman:, bdȉjēnje
 * Slovak: bdenie
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lamay
 * Ukrainian: бдіння, чування, неспання


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, vartiovuoro,
 * Galician: vixilia
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: vigilia
 * Plautdietsch: Wacht
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Ukrainian: пильнування,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 守夜祈禱
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: vixilia
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παννυχίς
 * Latin: pervigilium
 * Maltese: sahra
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: бдіння, чування
 * Welsh: gwylnos


 * Arabic: اِعْتِصامٌ
 * Finnish: hiljainen mielenosoitus
 * French:
 * Galician: vixilia
 * German:
 * Russian:


 * Irish:

Verb

 * 1) To participate in a vigil.

Etymology
From, whence.

Adjective

 * 1) awake, watching, alert

Noun

 * 1) watchman, guard, sentinel; constable, fireman; angel
 * 2)  the watch, police, constabulary