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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1507-1563
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Circumcisioun, n. Also: -cisioune, -cysiowne, -sysown, -sicione, -cition. [ME. circumcisiun (c 1175), -cisioun, etc., OF. circumcisiun, -ion, L. circumcīsio.] Circumcision. Also attrib. with day. c1420 Wynt. ii. 173.
The circumcysiowne [W. -cisioun, C. -sicioun] fyrst tuke he c1420 Ib. v. 21. c1420 Ib. vii. 973.
On the circumcysiowne day a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 149.
Efter aucht dais of his nativite He sched his blude in circumcisioun 1558 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 106.
Peter … declarit baptime sufficient without circumcisioun 1562-3 Winȝet I. 115/26.
All wthir [days] … vniuersalie obseruit, as ȝuil-day, circumcisioun, epiphanie
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