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circumcision
(mass) | circumcision
- obriezka |
circumcision
(encz) | circumcision,obřízka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Circumcision
(gcide) | Circumcision \Cir`cum*cision\, n. [L. circumcisio.]
1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males,
or the internal labia of females.
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Note: The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious
rite by the Jews, Mohammedans, etc.
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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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circumcision
(wn) | Circumcision
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day
celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on
January 1st [syn: Circumcision, {Feast of the
Circumcision}, January 1]
2: the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after
birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
3: the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of
males |
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circumcision
(mass) | circumcision
- obriezka |
circumcision
(encz) | circumcision,obřízka n: Zdeněk Brož |
female circumcision
(encz) | female circumcision, n: |
Uncircumcision
(gcide) | Uncircumcision \Un*cir`cum*ci"sion\, n.
1. The absence or want of circumcision.
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2. (Script.) People not circumcised; the Gentiles.
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circumcision
(wn) | Circumcision
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day
celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on
January 1st [syn: Circumcision, {Feast of the
Circumcision}, January 1]
2: the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after
birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
3: the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of
males |
feast of the circumcision
(wn) | Feast of the Circumcision
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day
celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on
January 1st [syn: Circumcision, {Feast of the
Circumcision}, January 1] |
female circumcision
(wn) | female circumcision
n 1: excision of the clitoris [syn: clitoridectomy, {female
circumcision}] |
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