bris

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life

Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).

Bris. No, sir, nor I. — Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, George Chapman
-> Plasencia p. 250: Casa Bris[~e]no -> Briseno ] — The Story of Eclipses, George F. (George Frederick) Chambers
"We disagree on the exact date of his second bris." — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

Berith, Berit, Brith, Briss

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