circumcise
割礼,割包皮,割喉,割除包皮
Definitions
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cir·cum·cised, cir·cum·cis·ing.
- : to remove the prepuce of, especially as a religious rite.
- : to remove the clitoris, prepuce, or labia of.
- : to purify spiritually.
Examples
Jews circumcise their infant boys on the eighth day of life; Muslims generally do so before age 10.
To those who circumcise for religious purposes, the criminalization of the ritual is nothing more than religious discrimination.
Saint Paul said that we ought rather to circumcise the heart.
Most Americans circumcise their sons for perceived health reasons.
But, till then, I cannot truckle to tithe-mongers,—nor can I imagine what has made you circumcise your Seraphs.
Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.
They pray in mosques, and circumcise their boys, and yet some of them observe the Hindu festivals.
Infant deformation is not practised in any form by the Mafulu people; nor do they circumcise their children.
In disregard of the monks, the Indians secretly circumcise their children.