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B'nai B'rith
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B'nai B'rith  (bn brth)
n.
A Jewish international service organization.

[Hebrew bnê brît, sons of (the) covenant : b, bound pl. of bn, son; see bn in Semitic roots + brît, covenant; see bry in Semitic roots.]

B'nai B'rith [bəˈneɪ bəˈriːθ brɪθ]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a Jewish fraternal organization founded in New York in 1843, having moral, philanthropic, social, educational, and political aims
[from Hebrew benē brīth sons of the covenant]


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