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Webster 1913 Edition


Circumcision

Cirˊcum-cision

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Noun.
[L.
circumcisio
.]
1.
The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.
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

circumcision

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Noun

circumcision (plural circumcisions)

  1. The surgical removal/excision of the prepuce (the foreskin on penises, the clitoral hood on clitorises)
  2. The surgical removal of tissue from the **** of the female; female circumcision.
  3. (sometimes proscribed) The surgical removal of the clitoris; clitoridectomy, usually referred to as female genital mutilation

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