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    Brith
    noun
    the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
  • brith
    brith
    noun
    a variant of bris

Brith

American  
[breet, bris, bris, brit] / brit, brɪs, brɪs, brɪt /
Or Berith,

noun

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


brith British  
/ 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

Etymology

Origin of Brith

bərīth literally, covenant

Example Sentences

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"The bottom line is that this unit, the 14th SS unit, were Nazis," B'nai Brith Canada leader Michael Mostyn told the BBC.

From BBC Sep. 28, 2023

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

“We have engaged security and we’re looking into what else we need to do,” said Doris Pinski, president of Brith Sholom, Erie’s Conservative Jewish congregation.

From Washington Times Mar. 2, 2019

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

One evening he went to Llechwedd Llyfn, in the neighbourhood of Cefn Brith, to hold a merry meeting, p. 92and it was late before the lads and lasses separated. 

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias

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

Vbbe dubbede him to knith, With a swerd ful swithe brith.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

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