yahrzeit candle

English

Noun

yahrzeit candle (plural yahrzeit candles)

1. (religion, Judaism) A type of candle that is lit in memory of the deceased.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 348:

     Every year he brought the yahrzeit candle out, and looked at it, and thought about lighting it.