circumcision | | |
n. (time) | 1. circumcision, feast of the circumcision, january 1 | (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st. |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
| ~ anglican church, anglican communion, church of england | the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head. |
| ~ feast day, fete day | a day designated for feasting. |
n. (act) | 2. circumcision | the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite. |
| ~ religious rite, rite | an established ceremony prescribed by a religion.; "the rite of baptism" |
| ~ berit, berith, bris, briss, brith | the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life. |
n. (act) | 3. circumcision | the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males. |
| ~ cutting off, abscission | the act of cutting something off. |
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