פְּרִיעָה f. (פָּרַע) 1) letting the hair grow in neglect. Meg. I, 7, a. e., v. פְּרִימָה. M. Kat. 15ᵃ אין פ׳ אלא וכ׳ p’riʿah (Lev. XIII, 45) means, to let the hair grow (opp. to the opinion that parʿa means, to uncover, remove the headdress, v. infra). —2) uncovering, removing the mourner’s wrap (v. עֲטִיפָה). Ib. 24ᵃ פְּרִיעַת הראש taking off the mourner’s wrap (on the Sabbath); Gen. R. s. 100. —3) uncovering the corona at circumcision, splitting the membrane and pulling it down. Yeb. 71ᵇ לא ניתנה פְּרִיעַת מילה וכ׳ Abraham was not commanded to tear &c. Deut. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to למולות, Ex. IV, 26) מכאן למילה ומכאן לפ׳ from this we derive circumcision and also uncovering. Ib. (ref. to המול ימול Gen. XVII, 13) שתי מילות מילה ופ׳ two operations, circumcision and uncovering; a. e. —4) paying a debt. B. Bath. 174ᵃ, a. e. פריעת בעל חוב מצוה וכ׳ paying a creditor is a religious obligation, and minors (the debtor’s children) are not subject to religious obligations (therefore the guarantor who paid for them must wait until they are of age).