circumcision

plural circumcisions

1. countableuncountableThe surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

   So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3.

   1697, Benjamin Keach, A Counter-Antidote to Purge Out the Effects of a Late Counterfeit, page 7

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   I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.

   1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 161

   1. JudaismcountablemodernspecificallyuncountableusuallyPharisaic circumcision.
   2. PhilippinescountablehistoricaluncountableOther surgeries involving the incision or partial excision of the foreskin or penile frenulum without total posthetomy.

      The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.

2. countableuncountableThe surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
3. countableoftenproscribeduncountableThe surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.