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From Jahr (year) +‎ -es- +‎ Amt (mass, literally service, office).

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Jahresamt n (strong, genitive Jahresamtes or Jahresamts, plural Jahresämter)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) a requiem mass held one year after a person’s death, marking the end of the year of mourning

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