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brisses

brisses is the plural 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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What is brisses the plural of?
Brisses is the plural of bris.

Words near brisses in the dictionary

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

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