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
- : 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.
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