BERIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Berit mean? 

• BERIT (noun)
  The noun BERIT has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BERIT (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 ("Berit" is a kind of...):

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