brit milah

English

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Etymology

From Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה‎ (literally “covenant of circumcision”).

Noun

brit milah (plural brit milahs)

  1. (Judaism) The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life.
  2. A modern reinvention of the Jewish ceremony.

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