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

There 'cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian and Scythian, bond and free, but Christ is all and in all.'

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

The teaching which was specially designated the Gospel of the circumcision, in contradistinction to this Gospel of the uncircumcision, held very diflferent language.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

But, also, remember, when we are tempted to trust in our freedom, and to fancy that in itself it is good, uncircumcision is nothing.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

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