Bris

[ Ashkenazic Hebrew bris; English bris ]

/ Ashkenazic Hebrew brɪs; English brɪs /

noun Hebrew.

Brith.

Definition for bris (2 of 2)

Brith

or Berith, Brit, Bris

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

/ Sephardic Hebrew brit; Ashkenazic Hebrew brɪs; English brɪs, brɪt /

noun Hebrew.

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

Compare Brith Milah.

Origin of Brith

bərīth literally, covenant

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Examples from the Web for bris

At the time of his bris, she was recovering from a C-section and unable to attend.
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But each of these boys underwent a bris that followed an ancient ritual not widely practiced outside the ultra-Orthodox community.
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But then again, Haredi children are the key to “Jewish continuity”… so yea, Commentary will be coming to the bris.
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Saint Bris shouts the recitative which summons the Catholics to vengeance.
A Winter Amid the Ice|Jules Verne

Bris'sotin, one of the followers of Jean Pierre Brissot, an advanced revolutionist.
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Bris′tol-brick, an earthy material for scouring cutlery, like bath-brick; Bris′tol-dī′amond, a kind of crystal found near Bristol.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Febris (Fe′bris) (fever), one of the evil deities, was worshiped that she might not do harm.
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On another fan (bris) the three orders of clerg, noblesse, and Tiers tat appear represented by single figures in medallions.
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British Dictionary definitions for bris (1 of 2)

bris

brith (ˈbrɪt)

/ (ˈbrɪs) /

noun

Judaism ritual circumcision of male babies, usually at eight days old, regarded as the formal entry of the child to the Jewish community

Word Origin for bris

from Hebrew, literally: covenant

British Dictionary definitions for bris (2 of 2)

brith

/ (brit) /

noun

a variant of bris

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