1Bibl.Judaismcircumcision, process of removing the foreskin from the penis as a physical sign of the covenant between God and the Israelites:
(
s.xii2;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
altres genz furent a els venud e circumcisiun e lur lei ourent receud
122
(
MS: c.1300
) Seynte Marie, ki enfant fu le jur de la circumcisium Jhesu Crist apelé sicum il fu del angle devant sa incarnaciun nomé
313r
(
s.xiv1;
MS: c.1361
)
Et il lui dona testament de circumscision; et en tiel manere engendra il Isaak, et il luy circumcist el oytisme jour
(A) 364c
♦
liturgicaltimeeccl.(Feast of the) Circumcision of Christ (1 January):
(
a.1382;
MS: a.1382
)
entour le fest del cyrcumcysyoun de Nostre Seignour
30.21
(
1406
)
certains lettres du roy mon souverain seignour et pier, le [veill] de circumsicion darrein passé par un Escot a moy presentez
ii 103
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