Etymology
Origin of infibulation
First recorded in 1640–50; see origin at infibulate ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Data also suggest Somalia families have switched from infibulation to less severe forms of the ritual.
From Fox News ● May 20, 2020
The practice of infibulation was very common in India, from religious motives.
From Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by John Davenport
Of what use, indeed, could be the moral lessons of a Plato or a Socrates, even when enforced by infibulation, if vice was thus sanctioned by divine example?
From Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by John Davenport
Peney speaks of infibulation for the preservation of chastity, as observed by him in the Soudan.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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