circumcision

English Thesaurus

1. the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males (noun.act)

hypernym	:	abscission, cutting off,
definition	:	the act of cutting something off (noun.act)

2. the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite (noun.act)

hypernym	:	religious rite, rite,
definition	:	an established ceremony prescribed by a religion (noun.act)

hyponym	:	berit, berith, bris, briss, brith,
definition	:	the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life (noun.act)

3. (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st (noun.time)

hypernym	:	feast day, fete day,
definition	:	a day designated for feasting (noun.time)

domain category	:	church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church,
definition	:	the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy (noun.group)

domain category	:	anglican church, anglican communion, church of england,
definition	:	the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head (noun.group)

4. the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males (noun.act)

derivation	:	circumcise, circumcise,
definition	:	cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys (verb.contact)

derivation	:	circumcise, circumcise,
definition	:	cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys (verb.contact)