English Explanatory Dictionary

brit milah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life.
  2. A modern reinvention of the Jewish ceremony.

Word forms

brit milah brit milahs berit milah berith milah bris milah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה (literally “covenant of circumcision”).

Synonyms

bris
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