Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rite or ceremony of male circumcision, usually performed on the eighth day of life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the Jewish rite of circumcision.
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- noun Judaism
ritual male circumcision
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Looks like my previous plans of being in bris from 28th are starting to dissolve (lack of crash space + ppl being all over the place).
December 18th, 2003 2003
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I'd * like* to be in bris for new years, but so far I haven't managed to nail down anyone who will actually say that they will be in bris and ergo capable of offering me somewhere to crash.
December 6th, 2003 2003
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Should be crashing at Kate's from 30th, so at least get a few days in bris w/everyone.
December 18th, 2003 2003
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Got several "if i'm in bris" offers, but everyone wavering like hells.
December 6th, 2003 2003
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And all three were covered with broken ice, logs, and all sorts of débris from the upper valleys.
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Smooth, upright walls alone mark the place where the work has been done; and the amount of débris is altogether insignificant.
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And while Paul may have been a bit insensitive, the word bris in English probably did come from Yiddish (which more Jewish would have spoken than Hebrew), and the relationship between Jews and Yiddish has been a long and complicated one.
Queerty 2009
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Of course, since the word bris can be said to have entered the English language,
Queerty 2009
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The ceremony to keep the Covenant is called the bris -- short for bris milah -- the "covenant of circumcision," tracing back to a deal between God and Abraham, the ultimate father of all Jews and all Muslims, over 5,000 years ago!
Lanny Davis: Love of A Grandchild, the Pain of the Bris 2010
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The ceremony to keep the Covenant is called the bris -- short for bris milah -- the "covenant of circumcision," tracing back to a deal between God and Abraham, the ultimate father of all Jews and all Muslims, over 5,000 years ago!
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