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BRITH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brith mean? 

BRITH (noun)
  The noun BRITH has 1 sense:

1. the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his lifeplay

  Familiarity information: BRITH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRITH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Berit; Berith; Bris; Briss; Brith

Hypernyms ("Brith" is a kind of...):

circumcision (the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite)


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