| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Yahrzeit |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Yahr·zeit |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  yär ts t , -zt |
| NOUN: | Judaism The anniversary of the death of a relative, observed with mourning and the recitation of religious texts. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Yiddish, anniversary, from Middle High German j rzt : jr, year (from Old High German; see y r- in Appendix I) + zt, time (from Old High German; see d- in Appendix I).
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