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CircuMcIsion

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The practice of cutting away the foreskin, chiefly of males, as observed by the Jews and the Mohammedans, as well as other nations of remote antiquity; regarded by some as a mark of belonging to the tribe, and by others as a sacrifice in propitiation by blood.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'CircuMcIsion'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/circumcision.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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