circumcisio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

circumcīsĭo, ōnis, f. [circumcido],

a cutting around , circumcision , physical and moral (only in eccl. Lat.): carnis, cordis, spiritūs, Lact. 4, 17, 1 sqq.; Tert. adv. Jud. 2; 3 et saep.