Circumcision Definition

sûrkəm-sĭzhən
noun
The act of circumcising.
American Heritage Medicine
A circumcising, or being circumcised, either as a religious rite, as of the Jews or Muslims, or as a hygienic measure.
Webster's New World
A cleansing from sin.
Webster's New World
A feast observed on January 1 celebrating the circumcision of Jesus. Used with the .
American Heritage

The act of excising or amputating the prepuce (the foreskin on penises, the clitoral hood on clitorises)

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • January 1
  • Feast of the Circumcision

Other Word Forms of Circumcision

Noun

Singular:
circumcision
Plural:
circumcisions

Origin of Circumcision

  • From Latin circumcīsiō, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

    From Wiktionary

Circumcision Sentence Examples

  • Circumcision is practised in some regions.

  • He issued an edict forbidding the reading of the law, the observance of the Sabbath, and the rite of circumcision; and determined to convert the still half-ruined Jerusalem into a Roman colony.

  • He maintained the everlasting validity of the law, he held the strictest views on circumcision, the sabbath, and the duty of shunning all intercourse with the Gentiles; he believed in angels and in a blessed immortality.

  • There are a variety of ways of performing a circumcision.

  • The rituals of the Old Testament (which included circumcision) were never designed to make us acceptable to God.

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