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yizkor.

An Ashkenazi memorial prayer service for the dead.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjɪzkəɹ/
  1. An Ashkenazi memorial prayer service for the dead.

    Judaism · attributive · often
    a yizkor book; a yizkor sermon
Where this word comes from

From Hebrew יִזְכּוֹר (literally “may [God] remember”), from the opening word of the service.

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