vigil
Wakeful mourning hours
A vigil is a period of staying awake, especially at night, to watch or wait.
Originally associated with religious observance—keeping watch before a holy day—the word now applies broadly to any purposeful wakefulness: She kept vigil at her father's bedside.
A candlelight vigil is a gathering where people hold candles to honor the dead or protest injustice.
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
candlelight · tribute · eulogy · funeral · shiva · visitation · condolence · sitting shiva
Address to deity
- vespersEvening devotional service
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
piety · reverence · devotion · sanctuary · chapel · shrine · incense · candles
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- observationAttentive watching or remark
sentry · guard · lookout · patrol · wakefulness · attentiveness · awareness · scrutiny
Formal event marking occasions
- observanceKeeping of customs
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
tradition · paschal · eve · nightlong · consecration · procession · blessing · sacred
Public display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- solidarityUnity among allies
- witnessOne who attests
resistance · rally · picket · satyagraha · occupation · hunger strike · encampment · activist
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
remembrance · candlelight · tribute · eulogy · funeral · shiva · visitation · condolence · sitting shiva · deathbed
prayer
Address to deity
- vespersEvening devotional service
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
worship · piety · reverence · devotion · sanctuary · chapel · shrine · incense · candles · rosary
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
observation · sentry · guard · lookout · patrol · wakefulness · attentiveness · awareness · scrutiny · oversight
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- observanceKeeping of customs
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- liturgyFormal worship structure
sacrament · tradition · paschal · eve · nightlong · consecration · procession · blessing · sacred · altar
demonstration
Public display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- solidarityUnity among allies
witness · resistance · rally · picket · satyagraha · occupation · hunger strike · encampment · activist · cause
- protestdemonstration, walkout, picket, protest march, sit-in
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- gatheringsgathering, gatherings, parties, party, reunion
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- knighthoodknight, knights, knight errant, knights errant, Templars
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
vigilsleep
Recurring unconscious repose
slumber · rest · unconsciousness · dormancy · repose
vigilinattentiveness
Lack of focused awareness
negligence · obliviousness · carelessness · heedlessness · inattention
- candlelight vigilsGatherings honoring someone with flames
- vigilante justiceUnauthorized punishment by civilians
- prayer vigilProlonged devotional gathering
- candlelit vigil
- bedside vigilWatchful presence near the ill
- masked vigilanteConcealed identity crime-fighter
vigilant, vigilance, vigilante, vigilantly, vigilantism, vigilantes, vigils