Definition of: circumcision

(sûr′kəm·sizh′ən) noun
1. The act of circumcising; the initiatory rite of Judaism, also practiced by Moslems.
2. Figuratively, spiritual purification.
3. Those purified under this rite; the Jewish people.
—Feast of the Circumcision The festival of the circumcision of Jesus, observed on Jan. 1.

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including circumcision
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