Bris

//bɹɪs// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ritual male circumcision. Judaism

    "The night before the bris, he invited nine of his little buddies to come and say kerias shema around the baby's bassinet. Mommy and Daddy, who flew in for the bris, were so touched, they kept dabbing their eyes and coughing."

  2. 2
    the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Brisbane, Australia. colloquial

Synonyms

All synonyms
beritberithberithbris milahbris milahbriss

Example

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"To be good, pâte brisée should be light and flaky."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).

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bris periah

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