Berith

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Berith \Berith\ n.
     the Jewish rite of circumcision.
  
     Syn: Brith, Bris.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Berith
       n : the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on
           the eighth day of his life [syn: {Berit}, {Brith}, {Bris},
            {Briss}]

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Berith, covenant