bris

noun

variants or less commonly briss
: the Jewish rite of circumcision

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In fact, apart from the near-miss bris debacle, the potentially comic situations never go far enough. Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024 Allison Redisch, a 37-year-old stay-at-home mom in Washington, D.C., had imagined welcoming family and friends from out of town for her son’s bris. Washington Post, 3 June 2021 Then came the bris epiphany. New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021 Stoppard, who was raised knowing little about Judaism, turned to friends while writing the play, seeking advice for a scene involving a bris and discussing Seders with Fran Lebowitz. Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for bris 

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish bris, short for bris-mile, from Hebrew bĕrīth mīlāh, literally, covenant of circumcision

First Known Use

circa 1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bris was circa 1934

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“Bris.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bris. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

bris

noun
variants also briss
ˈbris
: the Jewish rite of circumcision
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