"candlelight vigil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: candlelight vigils [plural]
Etymology: From candlelight + vigil. Etymology templates: {{com|en|candlelight|vigil}} candlelight + vigil Head templates: {{en-noun}} candlelight vigil (plural candlelight vigils)
  1. An event that includes lighting candles, used to remember the victims of a tragedy. Wikipedia link: candlelight vigil Translations (event): şam işığı ayıqlığı (Azerbaijani), muistokynttilöiden sytyttäminen (Finnish), Mahnwache [feminine] (German), mum ışığı nöbeti (Turkish), mum ışığında vigil (Turkish), mum ışığı seremonisi (Turkish)

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