brit milah
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Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה (literally “covenant of circumcision”).
Noun[edit]
brit milah (plural brit milahs)
- (Judaism) The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life.
- A modern reinvention of the Jewish ceremony.