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circumcision

DEFINITIONS OF: circumcision

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n the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite

Types:
Berit, Berith, Bris, Briss, Brith
the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
Type of:
religious rite, rite
an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

n the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males

Type of:
abscission, cutting off
the act of cutting something off
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