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/ˌsərkəmˈsiZHən/,/ˈsərkəmˌsiZHən/,
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circumcisions, plural;
  1. The action or practice of circumcising a young boy or man

  2. (in church use) The feast of the Circumcision of Jesus, January 1

  1. (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
  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
  4. (circumcise) cut the skin over the clitoris
  5. Male circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. The word "circumcision" comes from Latin circum (meaning "around") and cædere (meaning "to cut"). ...
  6. The act of excising or amputating the foreskin or prepuce from the penis; The act of excising tissue from the vulva of the female
  7. (circumcise) To amputate the prepuce from a penis; To amputate the clitoris, prepuce, or labia
  8. (circumcised) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised; Having had the clitoris, prepuce, or labia excised
  9. (Circumcisions) Religious or traditional practice of cutting off the foreskin.
  10. An operation (note the shedding of blood) that entered one into the covenant in O.T. times. It was instituted by God (Gen. 17:10-14) and performed on the eighth day after birth (Luke 1:59). It was a sign of the covenant God made with Abraham (Gen. 17:12; Rom. 4:11). In the N.T. ...
  11. Circumcision is a simple operation in which the foreskin is snipped from the penis. This is done for religious reasons or because the foreskin is too tight to pull back.
  12. Removal of the foreskin, a commandment in Judaism performed on the 8th day of a male child's life or upon conversion to Judaism.  See Brit Milah:  Circumcision.
  13. For B'rit Milah (literally, "the covenant of circumcision"), newborn males are circumcised at 8 days old and are thus "brought into the Covenant of Abraham" (Gen. 17:10-14). This b'rit binds the newborn to his people. ...
  14. From a Latin word to "cut around:" The removal of the skin that covers the tip of a penis. In Judaism, it is performed during the brit milah ceremony, usually at the age of eight days. ...
  15. The Hebrew, like the Greek ( peritome ), and the Latin ( circumcisio ), ...
  16. Arabic Khitan, khitanah or khatanah. Circumcision is not once alluded to in the Qur'an. The omission is remarkable, and Muslim writers do not attempt any explanation of it. It is held to be sunnah, or founded upon the customs of the Prophet (Fatawa `Alamgiri, vol. iv. p. ...
  17. Showing a male baby how much we love him, unlike some backward African tribes who actually genitally mutilate their female babies.
  18. In Judaism, circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of a penis. It is done to all male babies eight days after their birth by a ritual surgeon called a mohel. The Jews believe that this is the sign of God's covenant with Israel, as commanded by the Torah.
  19. the surgical removal of all or part of the male prepuce, practiced by the Egyptians as part of their traditional methods of hygiene. Male circumcision was not performed at birth but during adolescence.
  20. The image  of circumcision or of similar rituals in a dream indicates the necessity of becoming aware of one's animal instincts.
  21. The act of cutting off the prepuce or, in females, the inner labia, especially as a religious rite; the initiatory rite of Judaism, also practised by Moslems
  22. [Narezanie] – refers to the principle of working with text used in the artistic practice of Medgerminevtika, according to which a discourse, on one or another topic, is assembled from citations extracted from books drawn erratically from a dresser and opened at random. (See P. Pepperstein. ...
  23. (In Hebrew, bris ) the removal of the foreskin of the penis. In Genesis 17, God tells Abraham that he and his male descendents should be circumcised so that God will have a physical sign of their belonging to the covenant and being heirs to God's promises to Abraham. ...
  24. A Jewish rite performed on male infants as a sign of inclusion in the Jewish religious community.
  25. Foreskin removal -- the commandment was given by G-d to Abraham; to this day obeyed by the children of Isaac and Ishmael.