追つい善ぜん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

Buddhist memorial service; mass for the dead

A Buddhist service held to accumulate merit for the deceased, often on a death anniversary. Used in religious contexts.

• 一いっ周しゅう忌きに追つい善ぜんの法ほう要ようを営いとなんだ。

  We held a memorial service on the first anniversary of his death.

• 僧そう侶りょに追つい善ぜん供く養ようを依い頼らいする。

  Request a monk to perform a memorial service for the deceased.