Brit-milah
noun
(Judaism) a Hebrew term usually translated as circumcision
Contemporary Examples
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the ancient Roman name of the island of Great Britain, especially the S part where the early Roman provinces were. the British Empire. Chiefly Literary. Great Britain. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. the figure of a seated woman with trident and helmet used as a symbolic representation of Great Britain and the […]
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a white alloy of tin, antimony, and copper in varying proportions, sometimes with small amounts of zinc, lead, and bismuth, used for tableware and as an antifriction material. Historical Examples The Slang Dictionary John Camden Hotten The Dop Doctor Clotilde Inez Mary Graves When Ghost Meets Ghost William Frend De Morgan Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary […]