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briss

briss is the alternative form of bris.

Meaning of bris

Noun

bris (plural brises or brisses or britot)

  1. (Judaism) Ritual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
    • The night before the bris, he invited nine of his little buddies to come and say kerias shema around the baby's bassinet. Mommy and Daddy, who flew in for the bris, were so touched, they kept dabbing their eyes and coughing.1993, Miriam Rose, Miriam Zakon, “The Baker Family Circus”, in Baker's Dozen, volume 4, Omnibus, page 129

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Forms of briss

pluralbrisses

Questions about briss

What is briss the alternative form of?
Briss is the alternative form of bris.

Words near briss in the dictionary

  1. Brisneyland
  2. Brison
  3. Brisons
  4. brisque
  5. brisques
  6. briss
  7. Brissenden
  8. brisses
  9. Brissett
  10. Brissette
  11. Brissettes

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