Con-cĭs'ion, n.
(kon-sĭzh'un), n. [Lat. concisio, Fr. concision, It. concisione, Pr. concisio. See supra.]
Sense 1. A cutting off; hence, a division; a faction.
Those of the concision who made it [the division] would do well to consider whether that which our Savior assures us will destroy a kingdom, be the likeliest way to settle and support a church. South.
Sense 2. The circumcision; — used once only in this meaning, in Phil. iii. 2: “Beware of dogs, beware of the concision.”