About The Word Circumcision
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Circumcision
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What's The Definition Of Circumcision?
[n] the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
[n] the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite [n] (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) a feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumcision: Feast of the Circumcision | January 1 Related Terms | Find terms related to Circumcision: adoption | agape | asperges | aspersion | auricular confession | bar mitzvah | bas mitzvah | celebration | confession | confirmation | conversion | high celebration | incense | invocation | invocation of saints | kiss of peace | lesser litany | litany | love feast | lustration | new birth | new life | pax | processional | rebirth | reciting the rosary | redeemedness | redemption | reformation | regeneration | salvation | second birth | spiritual purification | telling of beads | the confessional | the confessionary See Also | abscission | Berit | Berith | Bris | Briss | Brith | cutting off | feast day | fete day | religious rite | rite Circumcision In Webster's Dictionary \Cir`cum*cision\, n. [L. circumcisio.]
1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males,
or the internal labia of females.
Note: The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious
rite by the Jews, Mohammedans, etc.
2. (Script.)
(a) The Jews, as a circumcised people.
(b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual
purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.
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