uncircumcision

[ uhn-sur-kuhm-sizh-uhn ]

noun

1. the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
2. people who are not circumcised; gentiles. Romans 2:26.

uncircumcision

/ ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən /

noun

1. New Testament the state of being uncircumcised

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncircumcision¹

First recorded in 1520–30; un- ¹ + circumcision

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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