BRIS


Meaning of BRIS in English

n.

Variant: also briss

Pronunciation: ' bris

Function: noun

Etymology: Yiddish bris, short for bris-mile, from Hebrew b ĕ r ī th m ī l ā h, literally, covenant of circumcision

Date: circa 1934

: the Jewish rite of circumcision

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