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brit milah

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Etymology

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

Noun

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brit milah (plural brit milahs)

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

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