CIRCUMCISION
Dictionary entry overview: What does Circumcision mean?
• CIRCUMCISION (noun)
The noun CIRCUMCISION has 3 senses:
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
Familiarity information: CIRCUMCISION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CIRCUMCISION (noun)
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Circumcision; Feast of the Circumcision; January 1
Hypernyms ("Circumcision" is a kind of...):
feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Anglican Church; Anglican Communion; Church of England (the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head)
Meaning:
The act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circumcision" is a kind of...):
religious rite; rite (an established ceremony prescribed by a religion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circumcision"):
Berit; Berith; Bris; Briss; Brith (the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life)
Meaning:
The act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circumcision" is a kind of...):
abscission; cutting off (the act of cutting something off)
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