vigil candle

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   a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church

   Synonymsvigil light

   Broadercandle

Questions about vigil candle

What does vigil candle mean?

vigil candle means "a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church".

What is another word for vigil candle?

Close synonyms include vigil light. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vigil candle a common word?

vigil candle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.