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10 Language-to-English DictionariesBrit-milah
/ˌbrɪt mɪˈlɑː/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The Jewish religious circumcision ceremony performed on an eight-day-old male infant.
"The family gathered on a Sunday morning to celebrate the baby's brit-milah."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Biblical Hebrew, combining 'berit' (covenant) and 'milah' (circumcision). The term has been adopted directly into English and other languages via Jewish religious practice and tradition to denote the foundational covenant ceremony.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Brit-milah" is said worldwide
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brit milah
Transliteration: brit mila
"La famille a assisté à la brit milah du nouveau-né."
Brit Mila
Transliteration: brit mila
"Die Familie feierte die Brit Mila des neugeborenen Jungen."
brit milah
Transliteration: brit mila
"La cerimonia del brit milah si è svolta di mattina."
bris
Transliteration: bris
"La comunidad celebró el brit milah del niño."
brit milá
Transliteration: brit mila
"A cerimônia do brit milá ocorreu no octogésimo dia."
ब्रिट मिलाह
Transliteration: brit milah
"यहूदी परंपरा में ब्रिट मिलाह एक, महत्वपूर्ण संस्कार है।"
割礼仪式
Transliteration: gē lǐ yí shì
"新生儿的割礼仪式在第八天举行。"
브릿 밀라
Transliteration: beurit milla
"가족들은 아기의 브릿 밀라 의식에 참석했습니다."
ブリット・ミラ
Transliteration: buritto mira
"生まれた赤ちゃんのブリット・ミラが執り行われました。"
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