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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumcision
CirĖcum-cision
,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.