Noun circumcision has 3 senses
  1. Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1 - (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
    --1 is a kind of feast day, fete day
  2. circumcision - the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
    --2 is a kind of
    rite, religious rite
    --2 has particulars: Berith, Berit, Brith, Bris, Briss
    Derived form: verb circumcise2
  3. circumcision - the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
    --3 is a kind of
    abscission, cutting off
    Derived form: verb circumcise2
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