bris
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- noun
- /brɪs/
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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.
- So the, the moyle who did the bris for my son gave it to me.
- Also isn't bris like the Jewish thing where they cut off your yeah sizzle?
- 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.
Examples
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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.
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- See you at the bris.
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Do you remember when you had your bris?
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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.
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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.
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Many families gather to celebrate during a bris, marking a significant religious occasion.
Synonyms
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7.3
Removal of the skin covering the tip of the penis for religious, cultural, or medical reasons
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9.3
A Jewish religious ceremony that circumcises a baby boy, usually on the eighth day
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A Jewish ceremony where a baby boy is circumcised on the eighth day after birth
A Jewish religious ceremony where a baby boy is circumcised, usually on the eighth day
A Jewish ceremony to circumcise a baby boy on his eighth day
Surface Forms
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.