vigil

The night before he was scheduled to be executed, the group held a candlelight vigil for him outside the prison. [=they held candles and waited for him to be executed or pardoned]在他行刑的前一天晚上，这群人在监狱外彻夜为他做烛光祈祷。

She kept vigil at the bedside of her ailing son. [=she sat beside her son's bed when he was ill]她彻夜守候在儿子的病床旁。