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uncircumcision en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən/
• /ˌʌnsɝkəmˈsɪʒən/

Etymology

From un- + circumcision.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The absence of a circumcision; not being circumcised.
   • As the apostle of the Gentiles declares, that circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God: so as baptism occupies the place of circumcision, baptism is nothing and the want of it nothing, unless accompanied with a sincere, universal and irrevocable purpose to keep the commandments of God. 1856, Samuel Simon Schmucker, American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics:
   • For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love." 1812, Andrew Lee, Sermons on Various Important Subjects:

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