Brith
noun
the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
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Brith
American
[br eet, br is, bris, brit]
/ brit, brɪs, brɪs, brɪt /
Or
Berith,
noun
Hebrew.
brith
British
/ brit /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Brith
bərīth literally, covenant
Example Sentences
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Club members would go every year on a trip to Blackpool to stay in the hotel owned by Welsh singing duo Tony and Aloma, who came to sing in Tŷ Brith in 1984.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023
Some of the victims were known to Erie’s Jewish community and the rabbi who serves Brith Sholom comes from Pittsburgh.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2019
I have Welsh Cakes and Bara Brith ready to go and leek soup for us all to enjoy.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2011
The latest show comes from renowned Welsh artist Marc Rees, who has previously worked with physical theatre companies Brith Gof, Earthfall and DV8 and who recently won the Wales bid for the cultural Olympiad.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2010
And from the top of Brith, so high and wondrous steep Where Dinas Emris stood, showed where the serpents fought The white that tore the red, for whence the prophet taught The Britons' sad decay.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Lunch is followed by afternoon tea, including Welsh cakes and bara brith, a Welsh bread, with raspberry lime jam and lemon curd.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The shop is owned by Theresa Conner, 46, and is well known for its Welsh cakes and bara brith.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
After making Welsh lamb and bara brith for dessert in the cook-off, the BBC show was won by 51-year-old Wynne.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2023
A competition will be held in Trelew for the best 'black cake', or cacen ddu - a fusion of the traditional Welsh bara brith and Christmas cake.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2015
The name itself may be derived from Welsh, brith, mottled, tattooed, or from brithyn, cloth, cloth-clad, as opposed to the skin-clad Celts.
From The Towns of Roman Britain by James Oliver Bevan
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