uncircumcision
Americannoun
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the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
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people who are not circumcised; gentiles. Romans 2:26.
noun
Etymology
Origin of uncircumcision
First recorded in 1520–30; un- 1 + circumcision
Example Sentences
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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
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Yea, of Gentiles also: if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
Yes, of Gentiles also; 30seeing that God is one, who will justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith. 31Do we then make void law through the faith?
From The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. by American Bible Union
“For in Christ Jesus,” says St. Paul, “neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.”
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision?
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
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