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English noun: Circumcision | |||
| 1. | Circumcision (time) (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st | ||
| Synonyms | Feast of the Circumcision, January 1 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feast day, fete day | ||
| Domain category | Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England, Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church | ||
| 2. | circumcision (act) the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | religious rite, rite | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Berit, Berith, Bris, Briss, Brith | ||
| 3. | circumcision (act) the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abscission, cutting off | ||
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