bris
noun [ C usually singular ] (also Bris) uk/brɪs/ us/brɪs/
犹太割礼
a ceremony in which a Jewish male, usually an 8-day-old baby, is circumcised (= the loose skin at the end of his penis is cut off)
The whole family was invited to the bris.
Many Jewish parents hold a bris in the home.
If it is a boy then we can’t tell anyone his name until the Bris. 如果是男孩,那么在行割礼之前我们不能告诉任何人他的名字。
Synonym: brit milah
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- Some Jewish parents are conducting alternate bris (Brith Milah) ceremonies, "a bris blee milah," a naming ceremony without circumcision.
- The man’s bris had been performed by a doctor who was not a mohel.
- This naming occasion has similar holiness to a Bris.
- There is a synagogue in the city, but the last bris was performed 80 years ago.
- Conversations like these often happen at cocktail parties, parent-teacher conferences, and brises.