| 单词 | brit milah |
| 释义 | brit milah, n. Judaism.
Brit. |brɪt ˈmiːlə|, |brɪt mɪˈlɑː|, U.S. |ˈbrɪt məˈlɑ|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: α. 19– berit milah, 19– berith milah, 19– brit mila, 19– brit milah, 19– brit millah, 19– brith milah, 19– b'rith milah, 19– brith millah; β. 19– bris milah; Also with capital initials.
[‹ Hebrew bĕrīṯ milāh covenant of circumcision, ceremony of circumcision > n.2) + milāh circumcision (related to mōhēl mohel n.). The β form reflects Ashkenazi pronunciation; compare bris n. Compare earlier brit n.2]
The ceremony in which a Jewish male is circumcised, traditionally performed on his eighth day of life.
1889Jewish Q. Rev. 2 10 On the eighth day after the Berith Milah they put the child on cushions, and a Bible on its head, and the elders of the community..imparted their blessings to it. 1934N.Y. Times 3 June i. 30/3 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur [Kaufman]..announce the birth of a son, Monroe Samuel... Bris-milah June 3, at 2 P. M., at the hospital. 1971A. E. Millgram Jewish Worship xii. 321 During the geonic period it became customary to name the child at the berith milah. 1981Jewish Chron. 18 Sept. 7/4 There are a number of mohelim not registered with the society who carry out brit mila which are not in accordance with halacha (rabbinic law). 2001M. L. Morgan Beyond Auschwitz x. 160 Ordinary people whose lives and actions—bearing children whom they educate as Jews, celebrating brit milah, [etc.]..—express a commitment to being Jewish. |
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