milah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The first step in the bris, where the akroposthion is excised (later followed by periah, then posthetomy, then metzitza).

Word forms

milah

Etymology

Romanization of Hebrew מילה (“cut”).

Related words

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