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

To appreciate the enlargement which has come to Christianity beyond its merely 'apostolic' form through the independent development of the Greek churches in this second period we must realize that Paul's 'gospel of the uncircumcision' differed in respect to promise as well as law.

From Project Gutenberg

Wherefore remember, that aforetime ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision in the flesh, made by hands; that ye were at that time separate from Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometime were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.”—Eph. ii.

From Project Gutenberg

What an exhibition we should have, in State Street, and the alleys, if this edict should be revived, against those, whose uncircumcision would avail them nothing, to disprove their Levitical propinquity.

From Project Gutenberg

These men, who were slaves to one idea, who dogged the footsteps of Paul because he taught the doctrine of the uncircumcision, could yet teach men the duty to "love thy neighbor as thyself."

From Project Gutenberg

The apostle shows them, too, that the covenant made with Abraham was not for circumcision, nor for the works of the law, so far as it affected him or his posterity, because it was made while Abraham was in uncircumcision, and on the condition of faith.

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