uncircumcision

American  

[uhn-sur-kuhm-sizh-uhn] / ˌʌn sɜr kəmˈsɪʒ ən /

noun

1. the state or condition of being uncircumcised.

2. people who are not circumcised; gentiles. Romans 2:26.

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uncircumcision British  

/ ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən /

noun

1. New Testament the state of being uncircumcised

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Etymology

Origin of uncircumcision

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

Example Sentences

He likes to quote Paul's Epistle to the Colossians: "There is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all, and in all."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing, but a new creature, and faith which worketh by love.”

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he quicken together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.”—Col. ii.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander

Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

Neither bond nor free, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh