candlelight vigil

noun

An event that includes lighting candles, used to remember the victims of a tragedy.

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Meanings

nouncandlelight vigil (plural candlelight vigils)

plural candlelight vigils

  1. An event that includes lighting candles, used to remember the victims of a tragedy.

Origin

From candlelight + vigil.

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Translations

Finnish muistokynttilöiden sytyttäminen
  • muistokynttilöiden sytyttäminenevent
German Mahnwache
  • Mahnwacheevent
Turkish mum ışığı nöbeti, mum ışığında vigil
  • mum ışığı nöbetievent
  • mum ışığında vigilevent
  • mum ışığı seremonisievent
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APA

candlelight vigil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candlelight%20vigil

MLA

“candlelight vigil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candlelight%20vigil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candlelight vigil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candlelight%20vigil.

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