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Circumcision   /sˌərkəmsˈɪʒən/   Listen
Circumcision

noun
1.
(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st.  Synonyms: 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" Quotes from Famous Books



... was only in appearance. You must leave out all about His Baptism, Circumcision, and Crucifixion. ...
— The Prayer Book Explained • Percival Jackson
... to baptize with water is no evidence to the contrary. They continued their old Jewish customs generally. They pronounced it necessary to abstain from certain meats. They insisted that Paul should adhere to circumcision. They refused to eat with Gentiles. With such Jewish proclivities how could they at once abandon ...
— Water Baptism • James H. Moon
... at last, and it was also the time of the Feast of the Passover, being in the month of Nisan. This was a cause of joy to Israel, for he was eager to triumph over his enemies face to face, and he could not wait eight other days for the Feast of the circumcision. So he set a supper fit for a king: the fore-leg of a sheep and the fore-leg of an ox, the egg roasted in ashes, the balls of Charoseth, the three Mitzvoth, and the wine, And by the time the supper was ready the midwife had been summoned, and it was the day of ...
— The Scapegoat • Hall Caine
... among the Kurnandaburi, the Wonkamira, etc. Journ. Anthr. Inst. XX, 62. General circumcision was a remedy in Fiji ...
— Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia • Northcote W. Thomas
... Windich says he has never come across one before either. We also found about a dozen pieces of wood, some six feet long and three to seven inches wide, and carved and trimmed up. All around were stones put up in the forked trees. I believe it is the place where the rite of circumcision is performed. Barometer 28.84; thermometer 60 degrees ...
— Explorations in Australia • John Forrest


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