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bris

bris

9 9.5
A Jewish religious ceremony to circumcise a baby boy, usually on the eighth day after birth
  • noun
  • /brɪs/
translation icon : bris
  • It was at the Glickman bris?
  • bris (Jewish circumcision)
  • bris ceremony
  • mitzvah of the bris

So the, the moyle who did the bris for my son gave it to me.

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Examples

  • That day, we also opened gifts that people had brought for him to the Bris and ate leftovers from the Bris for dinner.

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  • I walked a mile in freezing rain to go to my boss's grandson's bris.

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  • You know, I was at your bris when you were a baby.

  • - See you at the bris.

  • Do you remember when you had your bris?

  • The Jewish bris depicted in the documentary film "Cut" was indeed quick.

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  • Given the timing of his birth, the Little Dude's Bris was held the day before my birthday.

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  • Uh, I'm late for a bris, so, I've got to scoot.

  • And you know, there, there was a beautiful one of, of a soldier who was naming his baby at his bris on, on FaceTime because he couldn't be at his son's bris.

  • Many families gather to celebrate during a bris, marking a significant religious occasion.

Synonyms

circumcision
vsbris
  • Specialized
73 7.3

Removal of the skin covering the tip of the penis for religious, cultural, or medical reasons

is the specific Jewish ritual form of that general practice
Brith
vsbris
1 9.3

A Jewish religious ceremony that circumcises a baby boy, usually on the eighth day

is the same ceremony spelled without the th ending
briss
vsbris
1 9.9

A Jewish ceremony where a baby boy is circumcised on the eighth day after birth

is the same ceremony spelled in the original single-s form
berit
vsbris
9.9

A Jewish religious ceremony where a baby boy is circumcised, usually on the eighth day

is the same ceremony spelled with the alternate vowel form
Berith
vsbris
9.9

A Jewish ceremony to circumcise a baby boy on his eighth day

is the same ceremony without mentioning the alternate traditional name

Surface Forms

bris singular
brises plural

Etymology

The word bris comes from the Hebrew word brit, which means 'covenant' or 'promise', and is short for brit milah meaning 'covenant of circumcision'. So a bris is the ceremony that marks this promise for a baby boy, usually on the eighth day.