Cir'cum-cī'sion, n.

(-sĭzh'un), n. [Lat. circumcisio, Fr. & Sp. circoncision, It. circoncisione.]

1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, and the internal labia of females.
2. (Script.) (a.) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. (b.) The Jews, distinguished as a circumcised race from the uncircumcised. “Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision.” Col. iii. 11.