Brith
or Berith, Brit, Bris
[ Sephardic Hebrew breet; Ashkenazic Hebrew bris; English bris, brit ]
nounHebrew.
the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
Origin of Brith
1bərīth literally, covenant
- Compare Brith Milah.
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British Dictionary definitions for brith
brith
/ (brit) /
noun
a variant of bris
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