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割包皮;净心
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Circumcision \Cir`cum*cision\, n. [L. circumcisio.]
1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males,
or the internal labia of females.
Note: The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious
rite by the Jews, Mohammedans, etc.
2. (Script.)
(a) The Jews, as a circumcised people.
(b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual
purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Circumcision
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day
celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on
January 1st [syn: {Feast of the Circumcision}, {January
1}]
2: the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after
birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
3: the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of
males