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Definition of Circumcising
1. circumcise [v] - See also: circumcise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumcising
Literary usage of Circumcising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"circumcising of the child; and yet Christ was born upon the first, and circumcised
upon the last of those eight ..."
2. Parochial Sermons by Edward Bouverie Pusey (1873)
"... when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His Name
was called Jesus" THE year, it has been said", begins with our Lord, ..."
3. Reasons for Becoming a Baptist: Together with a Farewell to His Late Charge by Stephen Remington (1851)
"In the 16th chapter of Acts we have an account of Paul's circumcising Timothy,
upon whom this rite had never been before performed. ..."
4. Sermons on the Public Means of Grace, on the Fasts & Festivals of the Church by Theodore Dehon (1856)
"And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, name
was called Jesus." is no part of our Saviour's life uninteresting, ..."
5. Orificial Surgery and Its Application to the Treatment of Chronic Diseases by Edwin Hartley Pratt (1891)
"In circumcising young children it is important to break up all adhesions of the
foreskin to the glans penis before practicing circumcision, so as to avoid ..."
6. The Science and Art of Surgery by Edward Carroll Franklin (1867)
"... dor- sum of the penis, by a pair of scissors, the probe point of which glides
over the glans, the sharp pointed blade entering circumcising the prepuce. ..."
7. Sermons for Children by John Mason Neale (1869)
"READING VIII.1 "And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of
the Child, His name was called JESUS." S. LUKE ii. 21. ..."
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