"circumcision" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus;
Celebrated on January 1st (synset 115218106)
referred to in:
- church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
- anglican church, anglican communion, church of england - 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
is a type of: feast day, fete day - a day designated for feasting

same as: feast of the circumcision, january 1
The act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite (synset 101033226)
is a type of: religious rite, rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

subtypes: berit, berith, bris, briss, brith - the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
The act of circumcising;
Surgical removal of the foreskin of males (synset 100396462)
is a type of: abscission, cutting off - the act of cutting something off