Recent Examples on the WebIn fact, apart from the near-miss bris debacle, the potentially comic situations never go far enough.—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024 Allison Redisch, a 37-year-old stay-at-home mom in Washington, D.C., had imagined welcoming family and friends from out of town for her son’s bris.—Washington Post, 3 June 2021 Then came the bris epiphany.—New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021 Stoppard, who was raised knowing little about Judaism, turned to friends while writing the play, seeking advice for a scene involving a bris and discussing Seders with Fran Lebowitz.—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for bris
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Word History
Etymology
Yiddish bris, short for bris-mile, from Hebrew bĕrīth mīlāh, literally, covenant of circumcision
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