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uncircumcision

/uhn-sur-kuhm-sizh-uhn/US // ˌʌn sɜr kəmˈsɪʒ ən //UK // (ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən) //

未受割礼,未受割礼者,未受割礼的人,未割礼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
    • : people who are not circumcised; gentiles. Romans 2:26.

Examples

  • To the Corinthians he says, 'Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.'

  • There is much significance in the double negation of my text, 'Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision.'

  • The "gospel of the uncircumcision" stood before the Jewish authorities, an accomplished fact.

  • It was done as a social convenience; "uncircumcision was nothing," and could in such a case be surrendered without prejudice.

  • Uncircumcision and impurity are to a Mohammedan synonymous terms.