Crossword-Solution: CIRCUMCISION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Circumcision | n. | The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females. |
| Circumcision | n. | The Jews, as a circumcised people. |
| Circumcision | n. | Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. |
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| prepuce removal | 1 answer |
| festival | 37 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with CIRCUMCISION (5)
Using Abraham as an example, he argues that Abraham was so justified without works that even the highest work, which had been commanded by God, over and above all others, namely circumcision, did not aid him in justification.
Efforts like this accomplished little, and a more legitimate attempt was made to resist the conclusions of archaeology by showing that knives of stone were used in obedience to a sacred ritual in Egypt for embalming, and in Judea for circumcision, and that these flint knives might have had this later origin.
Although, if we steer by the conjecture of many a Septuagint expression, some trace thereof may be found even with the ancient Hebrews, not only from the sepulchral treasure of David, but the circumcision knives which Joshua also buried.
Inman, in his Ancient Faiths, calls attention to the fact that in the Old Testament kings, priests, captains, and other great men have had names bestowed upon them, each of which has some religious signification; that this name was given the individual "at circumcision, or soon after birth." In the ancient names of what are designated as the Shemitic races, children were called after the god alone, and sometimes in connection with an attribute.
Some began with the Incarnation or Nativity of Christ; some with the Circumcision, which accords with the solar year of the Romans as now restored; whilst others commenced with the Annunciation; a custom which became very prevalent in honour of the Virgin Mary, and was not formally abolished here till the year 1752; when the Gregorian calendar, commonly called the New Style, was substituted by Act of Parliament for the Dionysian.
Quotes with CIRCUMCISION (3)
Did god make man too perfect, So that a piece has to be removedthrough circumcision?
How strange that excision — female circumcision, with several languages using the same term for both kinds of mutilation — of little girls should revolt the westerner but excite no disapproval when it is performed on little boys. Consensus on the point seems absolute. But ask your interlocutor to think about the validity of this surgical procedure, which consists of removing a healthy part of a nonconsenting child’s body on nonmedical grounds — the legal definition of… mutilation.
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