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单词 bris
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Definition of bris in English:

bris

noun brisbris
  • The ceremony in which a Jewish baby boy is circumcised.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Frankly, those were not the qualities I had previously associated with bris, but then I live in New York.
    • There's nothing new about a rabbi fainting at a bris.
    • Anyone who has witnessed a bris will know they bawl their heads off.
    • At the time of the party, the reporter was in fact attending a bris.
    • The bris, or ritual circumcision, takes place eight days after birth.

Origin

Hebrew bĕrīṯ, short for bĕrīṯ milah 'covenant of circumcision'.

 
 

Definition of bris in US English:

bris

nounbris
  • The Jewish ceremony of circumcision.

    Also called brith
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyone who has witnessed a bris will know they bawl their heads off.
    • Frankly, those were not the qualities I had previously associated with bris, but then I live in New York.
    • There's nothing new about a rabbi fainting at a bris.
    • The bris, or ritual circumcision, takes place eight days after birth.
    • At the time of the party, the reporter was in fact attending a bris.

Origin

Hebrew bĕrīṯ, short for bĕrīṯ milah ‘covenant of circumcision’.

 
 
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