Etymology

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Today it means: The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life. Full definition →

Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromבְּרִית מִילָה
  2. English todaybrit milah

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

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