Definitions for vigil light

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vig′il light`(n.)

  1. a small candle lighted as a devotional act before a shrine, icon, etc., esp. in a church.

    Category: Theology

Origin of vigil light:

1930–35

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vigil light, vigil candle(noun)

    a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church


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