uncircumcision
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌʌnsɝkəmˈsɪʒən/
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/ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən/
Noun
The absence of a circumcision; not being circumcised.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
- Examples
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For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love."
More examples (1)
As the apostle of the Gentiles declares, that circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God: so as baptism occupies the place of circumcision, baptism is nothing and the want of it nothing, unless accompanied with a sincere, universal and irrevocable purpose to keep the commandments of God.
Word forms
uncircumcisions