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unˈcircumcised, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
1. Not having undergone circumcision. Also absol.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 115 By ensample of hem meny of þe Iewes..lefte hem uncircumsised, and cleped hem self Antiochenes. c1400Apol. Loll. 35 Ilk alien kynd & vncircumsisid in hert, and vncircumsisid in flesch, schal not go in to my sanctuari. 1526Tindale Rom. ii. 26 Yf the vncircumcised kepe the right thynges contayned in the lawe, shall nott his vncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 1565Allen Def. Purg. xvii. 285 b, Iudas or any other in the lawe, offered for his friend, or any man elles being vncircumcised. 1608Bp. Hall Epistles v. iv, As a seale of the righteousnes of that faith, which he had when he was vncircumcised. 1668Dryden Evening's Love iii, We of the Uncircumcised, in a civil way, as Lovers, have somewhat the advantage of your Musullman. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Gal. v. 6 For in our State of Christianity..a Man shall not be accepted and justified as circumcised, or as uncircumcised. 1825Scott Talism. ix, I will not reason with one uncircumcised upon the virtue of the medicines. 1850F. W. Newman Phases Faith 180 In the conversion of Cornelius was the justification of Peter for admitting uncircumcised Gentiles.
transf.1535Coverdale Lev. xix. 23 All maner trees wherof men eate..: thre yeares shal ye holde them for vncircumcysed. [Also in later versions.]
2. fig. Not spiritually chastened or purified; irreligious; heathen. Also absol.
a1400New Test. (Paues) Acts vii. 51 Harde-frownted ande vncircumsised hertes ande eares. c1400Apol. Loll. 34 Alien sonis vncircumsicid in hert. 1526Tindale Acts vii. 51 Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hertes and eares: ye have allwayes resisted agaynste the holy goost. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 1185 Uncircumcised! O hard hearts! At least Let's think that God those Waters doth digest In that steep place. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 310 In the Hebrew text, which is so necessary to be understood, except it be some few of them, their lips are utterly uncircumcis'd. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Acts vii. 51 Ye are an unruly obstinate people, whose hearts are unreformed and uncircumcised. 1800Weems Washington xi. (1877) 149 The pirates of Morocco laying their uncircumcised hands on our rich commerce in the Mediterranean. 1825Scott Betrothed vii, Such an uncircumcised Philistine as thou or thy master.
Hence uncircumˈcisedness.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. lxxii. 442 This people..who therefore were oftentimes vpbrayded with the vncircumcisednes of their heartes. a1639Whateley Prototypes i. xvi. (1640) 158 We make use of the outward seale, thereby to be made to see and feel our uncircumcisednesse of heart. |