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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 life
Familiarity information: BRITH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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