brit milah

== English == === Alternative forms === berit milah, berith milah, bris milah === Etymology === Borrowed from Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה (literally “covenant of circumcision”). === Noun === brit milah (plural brit milahs) (Judaism) The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life. Synonym: bris Coordinate term: brit shalom A modern reinvention of the Jewish ceremony.