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Synonyms for vigil

the act of carefully watching

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Synonyms for vigil

a period of sleeplessness

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the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

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Des vigiles armes gardaient en outre les entrees de la mine de platine, exploitee par le groupe britannique Lonmin.
The seven squads of vigiles were firemen and watchmen each 1,000 strong, responsible for keeping order in the night.
They were officially known as Vigiles, but popularly called the "little bucket fellows." Most traffic restrictions and regulations were lifted at sundown, but the Vigiles handled the situation when two wagon drivers would get into a noisy dispute about the right of way.
Chauchetiere note que Kateri << torture son corps de toutes les facons qui lui viennent a l'esprit : par le travail, par les vigiles, par le jeune, par le froid, par le feu, par le fer, par les ceintures acerees, et par de rudes disciplines avec lesquelles elle se dechire les epaules plusieurs fois par semaine >> (McGuire 1996 : 143) dans des sessions qui comptent << de mille a mille deux cents coups par session >> (McGuire 1996 : 134).
Bien sur, le combat peut sembler douteux face aux vigiles de la
Law and Order (Praetorians, Urban Cohorts, vigiles, Crime, Law Courts, Prison, Punishment); VII.
An earlier society called Stella Vigiles (Watchers for the Star) had already been founded at Mount Holyoke in 1865.
Screenplay, Dehane, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, based on the novel "Les Vigiles" by Tahar Djaout.