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uncircumcision
[ uhn-sur-kuhm-sizh-uhn ]
noun
- the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
- people who are not circumcised; gentiles. Romans 2:26.
uncircumcision
/ ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən /
noun
- New Testament the state of being uncircumcised
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Word History and Origins
Origin of uncircumcision1
First recorded in 1520–30; un- 1 + circumcision
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Example Sentences
To the Corinthians he says, 'Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.'
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There is much significance in the double negation of my text, 'Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision.'
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The "gospel of the uncircumcision" stood before the Jewish authorities, an accomplished fact.
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It was done as a social convenience; "uncircumcision was nothing," and could in such a case be surrendered without prejudice.
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Uncircumcision and impurity are to a Mohammedan synonymous terms.
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