Definition of Circomcision

Definition of Circomcision

Circumcision, the practice of cutting away the foreskin, chiefly of males, as observed by the Jews and the Mohammedans, as well as other nations of remote antiquity; regarded by some as a mark of belonging to the tribe, and by others as a sacrifice in propitiation by blood.

- Wikipedia

Cir`cum*cision (?), n. [L. circumcisio.] 1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.

&fist; The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Mohammedans, etc.

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

The act of excising or amputating the foreskin or prepuce from the penis.
The act of excising tissue from the vulva of the female.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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