Synonym: watch. Similar words: vigilant, agility, fragile, navigate, vigorous, vignette, fragility, rigid. Meaning: ['vɪdʒɪl] 
n. 1. a period of sleeplessness 2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) 3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.
n. 1. a period of sleeplessness 2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) 3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe. 
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1, His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
2, Eva and Paul kept a constant vigil by their daughter's hospital bedside.
3, Protesters are holding a twenty-four hour vigil outside the socialist party headquarters.
4, She kept a vigil at Patrick's bedside.
5, They've rescheduled the vigil for February 14th.
6, His parents kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside.
7, 2000 demonstrators held a candlelit vigil outside the embassy.
8, He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil.
9, For three nights, the shepherd maintained his lonely vigil.
10, a jittery vigil in the dark.
11, Protesters held a candlelit vigil against the war.
12, Students held a candlelit vigil against the war.
13, The dog kept vigil over his sleeping master.
14, The family are keeping a bedside vigil on her until she regains consciousness.
15, She kept vigil at the bedside of her critically ill son.
16, Outside the building people continue their vigil, huddling around bonfires.
17, Often, a nurse was there, alone, in adorable vigil.
18, All that night again Kalchu kept his vigil.
19, The bishops insisted that the Capitol Hill prayer vigil was non-partisan,[http://sentencedict.com/vigil.html] but the impending election lent the event political weight.
20, According to those at the vigil, the police only checked on the hose twice before the massacre occurred at 4am.
21, The vigil in the longhouses was going to last for a day, and perhaps for part of the next night at least.
22, On Saturday evening came the Easter Vigil, a night of lilies, fire and flowing water.
23, Today Cheryl tells how Michael Landon's constant vigil saved her life.
24, During his chaste vigil he had a vision of wolves, bears, lions, leopards and unicorns.
25, At the weekend they held a silent vigil in Liverpool.
26, Since the accident, the boy's parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside.
27, Supporters of the peace movement held an all-night candlelit vigil outside the cathedral.
28, Outside, 100 opponents of the death penalty held a silent vigil, and a handful of its supporters jeered.
29, Time lost its familiar context, and uncertainty and foreboding colored those who kept vigil.
30, Several hundred people have been attending a nightly candle-lit vigil, and there has been one other small protest.
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