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.

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brith British  

/ brit /

noun

1. a variant of bris

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Etymology

Origin of Brith

bərīth literally, covenant

Example Sentences

“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

Contractors have been called to clear the debris from the road at Ty Brith.

From BBC • May 15, 2013

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 Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham