Vigil Sentence Examples

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  • She kept her vigil for what must have been several hours.

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  • And yet, it had been Josh who had stood vigil beside her sick bed, not Alex.

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  • He returned accordingly to his lonely and perilous vigil on the 4th of November.

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  • In 1331, at the request of John de Warenne, earl of Surrey, the king granted the "good men" of the town pavage there for three years, and in the same year the earl obtained a grant of another fair there on the vigil, day and morrow of St Oswald.

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  • The absence of his gun was even more significant than his last vigil.

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  • He rested a comforting hand on her shoulder as he joined her vigil.

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  • He had been fortunate to catch her on lunch break from her bedside vigil at her mother's apartment.

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  • But I must be exceptionally vigil.

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  • At Delhi University teachers and students kept vigil around areas where Sikhs lived, guarding them against the rampaging mobs.

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  • In May members staged a candle-lit vigil outside the Kingdom Hall in Benton, Kentucky.

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  • Love alone could have been the reason for his lonely vigil, and ultimate self-destruction.

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  • Peace campaigners in Swindon held a vigil in the town center to mark the day.

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  • His brother, who has flown over from Prague to be with him, is keeping a vigil at his bedside.

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  • Evening prayer and vigil (' til 9pm) around the cross.

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  • Season Three finds Susan keeping vigil at Mike's bedside as he languishes in a coma and Bree's new husband Orson concealing more secrets.

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  • A weekly market on Wednesdays was granted to John, earl of Richmond, in 1308 together with an eight days' fair beginning on the vigil of St Margaret's day, and in 1445 John de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, one of his successors as lord of the manor, received a further grant of the same market and also two yearly fairs, one on the feast of St Philip and St James and the other at Michaelmas.

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  • The other vigils are recognized in the calendar (including those of the saints) and the rubric directs that "the collect appointed for any Holy-day that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall be said at the Evening Service next before."

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  • Approaching the abbey he resolved to do as his favourite hero Amadis de Gaul did - keep a vigil all night before the Lady altar and then lay aside his worldly armour to put on that of Christ.

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  • Advent; the days between Septuagesima and Maundy Thursday; vigils that fall on fast days, and Ember days, except the vigil before Whitsunday (red) and the Ember days in Whitsun week (red).

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  • In 1200 a fair at Doncaster on the vigil and day of St James the Apostle was confirmed to Robert de Turnham, who held the manor in right of his wife, with the addition of an extra day, for which he had to give the king two palfreys worth loos.

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  • By the charter of 1194 the burgesses received licence to hold a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of the Annunciation, and this with the fair on St James's day was confirmed to them by Henry VII.

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  • The leading Peruvian authors on constitutional and legal subjects are Dr Jose Santistevan, who has published volumes on civil and criminal law; Luis Felipe Villaran (subsequently rector of the university at Lima), author of a work on constitutional right; Dr Francisco Garcia Calderon (once president of Peru), author of a dictionary of Peruvian legislation, in two volumes; Dr Francisco Xavier Mariategui, one of the fathers of Peruvian independence; and Dr Francisco de Paula Vigil (1792-1875), orator and statesman as well as author, whose work, Defensa de los gobiernos, is a noble and enlightened statement of the case for civil governments against the pretensions of the court of Rome.

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  • In the 18th century the manor passed by marriage to the Courtenays, afterwards earls of Devon, and Robert de Courtenay in 1220 gave the king a palfrey to hold an annual fair at his manor of Okehampton, on the vigil and feast day of St Thomas the Apostle.

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  • The first mention of Hull occurs under the name of Wykeupon-Hull in a charter of 1160 by which Maud, daughter of Hugh Camin, granted it to the monks of Meaux, who in 1278 received licence to hold a market here every Thursday and a fair on the vigil, day and morrow of Holy Trinity and twelve following days.

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  • To remedy the loss incurred by this measure Ralph Bloyou in 1331 procured for himself and his heirs a market on Mondays and a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St Andrew at Marghasyon.

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  • Not a few of his former partisans went over to Moawiya, as already had happened before the days of Siffin, amongst others Ali's own brother Vigil.

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  • Next came the Sabbatum Magnum (Holy Saturday or Easter Eve) with its vigil, which in the early church was associated with an expectation that the second advent would occur on an Easter Sunday.

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  • Mariano Martinez de Lejanza (acting) Jose Chavez (acting) Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid (acting) Under The United States Governors by Military Ap Bibliography.

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  • All over the place are imperial tablets of different dynasties, with glowing tributes to the one man whom China delights to honour; and on the right of the grandson's mound is a small house said to mark the place of the hut where Tze-kung passed his nearly five years of loving vigil.

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  • Still unsatisfied, longing always for a certainty that seemed ever just beyond his grasp, he had added vigil to vigil, and penance to penance, until at last, when to the wondering view of others he had become more than a saint, his bodily strength and his indomitable resolution and faith had together suddenly and completely broken down.

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  • In1226-1227when it belonged to Hugh Despenser he obtained various privileges for himself and his men and tenants there, among which were quittance from suits at the county and hundred courts, of sheriffs' aids and of view of frankpledge, and also a market every Thursday and a fair on the vigil, day and morrow of St Peter ad vincula.

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  • In 1308 Thomas, earl of Lancaster, obtained the grant of a fair on the vigil, day and morrow of St Mary Magdalene.

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  • The pine martin is not an animal one sees easily a night long vigil is required.

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  • At 3.30pm, a few hundred gathered among the Victorian buildings of the city's George Square to mount a vigil.

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  • Each of the members who attend the vigil will have to stay in the cell for 10 minutes with only a camera for company.

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  • St Basil the Great, 4th century The all-night vigil is celebrated on the eve of the main feasts of the Orthodox Church.

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  • There will follow a silent vigil outside Downing Street, timed to coincide with the Queens speech.

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  • The duration - for example, by reducing a 24-hour vigil to four hours.

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  • An annual candlelit vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park was the only official event on Chinese soil to mark the 1989 massacre.

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  • Photo left from candlelight vigil at Swindon last December.

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  • Little Mo maintains a bedside vigil at the hospital.

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  • Approach them to stage a solidarity vigil on the first day of our trail at an Irish Embassy or Consul.

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  • Outside I maintained my vigil, expecting a long wait for the first arrivals.

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  • There was a very successful candlelit vigil in the center of Leeds and dozens of young people staged a school walkout in the City.

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  • In 1200 King John granted the prior of Bridlington a weekly market on Saturday and an annual fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

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  • With the Easter vigil the eucharist was specially associated, and baptism with that of Pentecost (see Whitsunday).

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  • The former (except that of the Epiphany) have special offices; in the latter the vigil is merely commemorated.

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  • Once in position, there will be a silent vigil at 8pm.

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  • Article continues At least my bedside vigil gave me time for sober reflection.

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  • At 3.30pm, a few hundred gathered among the Victorian buildings of the city 's George Square to mount a vigil.

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  • Raul Vigil, a Finance Manager at a Ford dealership in New Mexico, provided LoveToKnow Cars with some feedback about the laws covering returning a new car once you've purchased it.

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  • Mr. Vigil also explained that if you have a defective new vehicle, the dealer works with the manufacturer to repair it or replace it.

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  • In the Roman Catholic Church the vigil is now usually celebrated on the morning of the day preceding the festival, except at Christmas, when a midnight mass is celebrated, and on Easter Eve.

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  • The first grant of a market and fair is dated 1227, when the prior of Wenlock obtained licence to hold a fair on the vigil, day and morrow of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, and a market every Monday.

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  • A fair of twenty days from the vigil of Holy Trinity was granted to the bishop of Ely in 1327.

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  • In 1231 the bishop obtained a fair, still held, on the vigil, feast and morrow of St Lawrence.

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  • In1203-1204William Earl Warenne received a grant of a fair at Wakefield on the vigil, day and morrow of All Saints' day.

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  • The weekly market, now the property of the corporation, was granted to the abbot of St Edmunds as lord of the manor in 1227 together with a yearly fair on the vigil of the feast of St Philip and St James.

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  • A further grant of two yearly fairs was made in 1414 to the bishop of Winchester at his manor of Witney, namely, on the vigil and day of St Clement the Pope, and at the feast of St Barnabas.

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  • And when they had been served with wines and spices they went away leaving only the candidate, the esquires, " the priest, the chandler and the watch," who kept the vigil of arms until sunrise, the candidate passing the night " bestowing himself in orisons and prayers."

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  • In 1227 a market on Monday and a fair on the vigil and day of St Luke the Evangelist were granted to the archbishop, and in 1320 Archbishop Melton obtained the right of holding two new fairs on the feasts of St James the Apostle lasting five days and of SS.

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  • This charter was confirmed to Thomas, Lord Berkeley, in 1330, and in 1395-1396 Lord Berkeley received a grant of another fair on the vigil and day of Holyrood.

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