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Example sentences for: vigil

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Falun Gong is seeking permission to hold a candlelight vigil in the center of London Tuesday night while the queen is hosting a banquet for Jiang at Buckingham Palace.
References Campa 1934; Chabran and Chabran 1996; Espinosa 1985; Heisley and -MacGregor-Villarreal 1991; Ortega 1973; Silverthorne 1990; Sommers 1995; Steele 1992; Verti 1993; Vigil 1998; Waugh 1955
By tradition, Jews require funerals to take place within 24 hours of death, with members of the community keeping vigil over the body until it goes in the ground.
References Anaya 1984, 1995; Arora 1981; Barakat 1965; Candelaria 1993; García 1992; Gonzalez Obregon 1947; Horcasitas and Butterworth 1963; Limón 1988b; Paz 1961; Rebolledo and Rivero 1993; Simmons 1974; Vigil 1994; Zinam and Molina 1991
References Chavéz 1983; Davalos 1996; Erevia 1980; Horowitz 1993; Martinez-Chavez 1989; Ortiz 1992; Salcedo 1997; Siporin 1984; Vigil 1998