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Brith

or Berith, Brit, Bris

[ Sephardic Hebrew breet; Ashkenazic Hebrew bris; English bris, brit ]

noun

, Hebrew.
  1. the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.


brith

/ brit /

noun

  1. a variant of bris
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Brith1

bərīth literally, covenant
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Example Sentences

I'd feel the same way if Chuck Hagel were B'nai Brith's man of the year.

It is otherwise called brith or unsanctified flesh, which is altogether quite unfit for the use of a religious Hindoo.

John Penry, the Puritan martyr, was born at Cefn-brith in this parish.

Whativer happen t' ye, ye're me Ang'la Ann thot I nursed from yer first brith.

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