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 Translation for 'candlelight vigil' from English to French
NOUN   a candlelight vigil | candlelight vigils
commémoration {f} silencieusecandlelight vigil
Partial Matches
lueur {f} de bougiecandlelight
lire à la lueur d'une chandelleto read by candlelight
relig.
vigile {f}
vigil
veillée {f} [auprès d'un malade]vigil
commémoration {f} silencieusesilent vigil
commémoration {f} silencieusesolemn vigil
veillerto hold a vigil
sociol.
veillée {f} funèbre
vigil by the body
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Usage Examples English
  • The festival stage was turned into a candlelight vigil for Hawkins.
  • A candlelight vigil was also held in front of the gate on the 31st Independence Day of Ukraine.
  • At dusk, a candlelight vigil was held.
  • buttons held a candlelight vigil in front of the paper's offices in subfreezing weather.
  • In 2020, the last day of National Reconciliation Week was marked by a candlelight vigil in Musgrave Park on 3 June 2020, with 432 candles lit for the each of the Aboriginal deaths in custody since the 1991 end of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and an extra one for George Floyd, an Afro-American man killed by a police officer.

  • Brown's wife, Phyllis Brown, died on Christmas Eve 2006 of heart failure after suffering a debilitating stroke, nine days after leading a candlelight vigil in honor of the anniversary of her husband's murder.
  • It consisted of around 120 protestors and was followed by a candlelight vigil at the main pavilion of the park.
  • After the death of the fourth Flash (Bart Allen), a statue of him was constructed with a candlelight vigil in his memory being held shortly thereafter.
  • The annual candlelight vigil at the Victoria Park among other activities has been the most iconic event organised by the Alliance, as it is the most attended consecutive commemoration of the 1989 protests.
  • He had also been responsible for the annual Tiananmen memorials and the candlelight vigil at the Victoria Park since 1990.

  • The anti-death penalty protesters present observed a silent candlelight vigil.
  • The following evening, a candlelight vigil was held at the Stardust grounds.
  • Mourners held a candlelight vigil at the Flash Museum. Outside Titans Tower in San Francisco, a memorial statue of Bart in his Kid Flash uniform was placed next to the statue of Superboy.
  • Events typically consist of a rally followed by a march and often a speak-out or candlelight vigil on violence against women.
  • On the evening of March 8, 2016, hundreds of students gathered in front of Willard Straight Hall to honor Garrett with a candlelight vigil.

  • A candlelight vigil was planned for two days later, sponsored by the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights and the National Gay Task Force.
  • More recent years have seen the establishment of a counseling room for young gay men in 1976, the first AIDS candlelight vigil in 1986, the 1992 inauguration of Tokyo’s annual International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Japan’s first lesbian and gay pride parade in 1994, and the founding of its first gay community center, AKTA.
  • A memorial candlelight vigil is held each year at the AIDS Memorial, during Pride Week.
  • After Roh's victory in the election, Nosamo remained an important source of political support for the president, particularly in 2004 when the South Korean parliament voted to impeach him for illegal electioneering and incompetence; Nosamo members organised a candlelight vigil in protest.
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