Brit milah

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life. Judaism
  2. 2
    A modern reinvention of the Jewish ceremony.

Synonyms

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bris

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה (literally “covenant of circumcision”).

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