- A
vigil, from the
Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Gr****: pannychis, παννυχίς or
agrypnia ἀγρυπνία), is a
period of
purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion...
-
Vigiles or more
properly the
Vigiles Urbani ("watchmen of the City") or
Cohortes Vigilum ("cohorts of the watchmen") were the
firefighters and
police of...
- In
Christian liturgy, a
vigil is, in origin, a
religious service held
during the
night leading to a
Sunday or
other feastday. The
Latin term vigilia,...
-
Vigil is a
British police procedural drama television series created by Tom Edge and
produced by
World Productions. The six-part
series premiered on BBC...
- The
Easter Vigil, also
called the
Paschal Vigil or the
Great Vigil of Easter, is a
liturgy held in
traditional Christian churches as the
first official...
- Look up
vigil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
vigil is a
period of
purposeful sleeplessness or watchfulness.
Vigil may also
refer to:
Vigil (film)...
- A
candlelight vigil or
candlelit vigil or
candlelight service is an
outdoor ****embly of
people carrying candles, held
after sunset in
order to pray, show...
-
academics believe Halloween began solely as a
Christian holiday,
being the
vigil of All Hallow's Day.
Celebrated in
Ireland and
Scotland for centuries, Irish...
- The
Vigil of the
Princes refers to
occasions when
members of the
British royal family have "stood guard"
during the
lying in
state of one of
their relatives...
- was
charged with her
kidnapping and murder.
Vigils were held for
Everard on the
evening of 13 March. The
vigil on
Clapham Common, near
where she had disappeared...