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The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
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briss
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n. (alternative form of bris nodot=yes English) (ritual circumcision)
Usage examples of briss.
He comforts himself with the fact that his is not the life of the itinerant rabbi, reduced to performing the brisses, weddings, and bar mitzvahs of strangers.
At the briss, the classic circumcision ceremony, Meyer's father made his announcement.