Bible Dictionaries
Circumscription

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

(2):

(n.) An inscription written around anything.

(3):

(n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Circumscription'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/circumscription.html. 1828.