Associations to the word «Circumcision»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMCISION, noun. The act of excising or amputating the prepuce (the foreskin on penises, the clitoral hood on clitorises)
CIRCUMCISION, noun. The act of excising tissue from the vulva of the female.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMCISION, noun. (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st.
CIRCUMCISION, noun. The act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite.
CIRCUMCISION, noun. The act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope