Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

circumcision

Syllabification: (cir·cum·ci·sion)
Pronunciation: /ˌsərkəmˈsiZHən, ˈsərkəmˌsiZHən/

Translate circumcision | into French | into German | into Italian
Definition of circumcision

noun

  • the action or practice of circumcising a young boy or man. See also female circumcision.
  • (Circumcision) (in church use) the feast of the Circumcision of Jesus, January 1.

Origin:

Middle English: from late Latin circumcisio(n-), from the verb circumcidere (see circumcise)

circumcision in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of circumcision in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

Word of the day

merrythought

/ /
noun
the wishbone of a bird …