e
R
20 4 )
e
R
uke! hold of Ihe prepuce wilh one lund, arid wilh Ihe CIRCU,IFLEX, in &,aOIOlRr, one of
Ih~
acccnll.
Se'
olhel eUls it ofT; a Ihird
p~rfun
hul.Is., pOli iURe"
JI
e [ r.
wilh r. od io it, to weh Ihe hloo.l; eI",u dIe 0r"""r
CIRCU~I(jYRATION,denotcs
the whirling mOl ion of
applies his mOlllh tO Ihe p.rrt, aud hJVIog
fur~,
J Ih:
aoy body ,ouod a eeoler : fueh i) Ihal of Ihe
r
lan •
u
bl 'od, fpil! il Into
a
bowl of Wlne, ,ud IhIOW! .• IIYI'·
r/JunJ Ihe fuo.
tic powder upon the wound . This eelcmuny
w~s
ufu· CIRCUM LOCUTION, apmphraOie.1melhodo(
c~.
ally aeeompanied wllh glcat rejoiclngs and (e lll,ng,
preffing ooe's thoughl!, Or faying that In m,oy wordl
and il lOas at Ihis time tltat the ehllJ
WdS
n~,ned
lO
which Olight hal'e been
f~id
in feIV.
pre(enee uf the eompany . T he Jews invenled fevl'f.•1 CIRCUMJ'OL R
jla"
, 3n appcllRtion eiven 10 thofe
ftlpelOilious culloms at Ihis ccrrmony, fueh a5 plating
11m
wllleh hy reafon of their ,icioity 10 Ihe poie
three lIools, one for Ihe eileumeifor, the fceond fOI
muvc round it wilhont fening.
the prefon who holds the ehild. and Ihe thirJ for
E·
CIR CUM C'R/IIED, in
~eometry,
il raid of a
f¡~ure
hi Ih, who, they fay, anin, invilibly
al
Ihe eeremonr,
whieh is drAwn rouOlI anulher figule, fo that
.11
111
6,.
fidL! or pl. nl! toueh the infelibed figure.
Thc .Iews diOinguilhed their profelYlcl into two
cm
UMS RIPTION, in ndl ural phil,.fllphy, the tH.
fum, aeeording as they beeame eireuOlLlfeJ, or nOI:
OI11I,lIon, boondl. or limil! of aoy natu,,1
body.
thufe who fubOlitled
10
thi! rite were lo"ked upon" CmCUMSTA CE, a pan ieularity wlllch, Ihough nOI
ehildren of .'
\brah.lm,and obliged
10
kc, pthe I,w! of
.fTLnllallo
~ny
aillon, yel dOlh fome way dr.a
11.
Moles ; Ihe uneireumcifed wereonly bound 10 ubfme CIRCU
1
T.'\ NTl
H
S, 1I, I, w, a lelO1 ufedfor fupply-
the preeepts of Noah, and
WCIC
c.lkd no. lud:!:.
ioS and making up the numbcr uf JUIOIS (in cafe Iny
This c"cmony, hOlVevcr,
"'as
nOI eonfined 10 Ihe
impanelled arpe., not, Or appearlng are ehalltnged
Jew~:
H.ro,loIUS and Philo Jod!Eu! ohferve.
dIAl
it
by .ny pmy) by aelding 10 tli.'m fo many of the per-
"~Iaincd
.Iro among
Ih~
Egyptrdn! and Elhiop..ns.
fon! rrelenc as wllI
m.keup Ihe oumher, in cafe Ihey
HeroJotus fays, thal the eoOoOl
IVdS
vcry anLient
¡ .
are pIOp,rI)' qualified .
OIunS edeh peoplc, fo tha! Ihcrc lOas no dmrnuniug CIRCUMV.'\LLi\T10N, or
/ine.¡
ClacUMVAL LA-
whieh of Ihem borrowed it (10m Ihe olher. The
TlON,
in Ihe
W
of war, is
a
treoeh bordered wllh .
fJme hiOorian relates, Ihat the inh Ibilants o( Cu!chis
P.r'I"'t, I"rown op quite round the l'efiegcr'1 eamp,
,Ifo ufed circuOleifion; IVhence he eooclude!, that
by way of f"u,ilY agaiofl any army thal Olay aHenlpl
'hey wele originally Egyplian,.
10 rcheve Ihe plote, as wdl .. 10 prevent dcftruou.
The T urks never eireumelfe till the feventh or CIRCUMVOLUTlO ,
111
alchilet!ore, denolel
tI,(
eighlh year, as hal'ing no nolÍon of il! heing oeed-
loms of Ihe fplrallone of the ionie volulc.
f"l' 10 (.lvOIion. The Perfian! eircumclfe Iheir bOyl ClRCUS,
10
anuquity, a greal bUIlding of
a
round or
. llhirtCen, aod Iheil girls froOl mne 10 fifteeo. Thof.
oval figure, erclled by "'e .ncienll,
10
exhibll nleWI
of hdaga(ear cut the flclh al Ibree feve,.lumes;
IU
Ih. p,uple.
anJ the moJI lealou! of the rclauons prefent, ealehes
The Ro .'In eireul lOas a large ohloog edi6ee, archcd
hold of Ihe prepulium, and fwallowl it.
al one cod, encoonpafTed IVuh porucocl, and fumilh" j
Crreumelfioo is pldaifed on womeo by elltling
dI'
wi h tWO row!
oC
feAll, pl.ced .feendlng o'er eaeh o·
Ihe forelkin of Ihe clitOlil, whielo bem aOCAr r&m·
ther.
10
Ihe middle was a kind of fool·b nk ,
or
e·
bboee and an.logy tO the plepulium of the mJle penil.
nli\lenee, lI uh obel,lkl, (latllll, and pofll at ea h eod.
\Ve
are told ,hat Ihe EgyptiaDcartive womeo IOcr.
ThlS fetftJ them fOI Ihe eoul fel of Iheir blgz aoo
CIr(llmC\fed; aoel alfo Ihe fubjelh o( PreO« John.
qUJdrlgz.
IkClIMClstOS i! alfo the Dame of abO, cc!ebuced
Thofe tlw haYe me.fureJ Ihe circul fa
y,
Ihar il
on the 6rO of
Janu.ry,io eommemomion
oC
Ihe cil-
was
2187
lecclong, .oel 960 broaJ; fa thAt it W",
eumcifio" of our 4\'iour.
Ihe gremfl bUIlding in ROOle: fome fa) it "'OIIld con·
lRCU
ID
CTIO ,in Seot! law. When panies in
uln 1¡0,000 people, othm
260,000,
or 300,000.
a fuiUleallowed a proof of
addlge.mu,.fter the ume Cncus. in z(lc)I"SY, Ste
rAL eo.
limiled by the judge for takiog thAl plUO
is
clapl~d,
IRlN<'E TER. a ooruugh.wII/n of Glouce(lellhi,e,
eilher pUl)' may apply for cireumdufhun of the lime
fiw
ud
uo the rim Chuln, fif'eeo núlra fO"lh e.1I of
of pro,ing : the elfta uf whi.h i$, th.t no prwf
u n
Cilou,;cllcr: W. long.
2°,
noth I¡c. S
1°
12'
le
feodl
aflerlV~ld!
be blOuohl, aoel the eoone muJI be dtlcr·
1110 mtmbcn ro p.diaOlenl
mlDeu
il Ouod
~hen
cilcumdu8ion Wa! obwned CI Rl.ltS, in olnilhology.
Sr(
EMll llU.
e:
C015
LA II. tiele
P.h,,¡ion.
IRRI, aOlong bolaniRl, fine (l,ir'!tl or Ih<ud likc
!RCUMF"'RE.
CE,
in a geoe,.1 feofc, dcnoles Ih.
fil¡menu. by whlCh (onoe pbnll f.nen th.mfcl'(f to
hne 01 1'''t5 bonooing a FiJne figure. HOII eV(I, it
)$
....
11,.
Ilees.
6(.
rueh are Ihof. of
)vy.
r,enmll)' ufd ma
Ol~re
limiled (en 'e, (or Ihe eUIV(
t" ', in
íehlh.ol,,&y, (en"n obluog and fufl ap:>t n·
hoe ",hlCh b.unJs ",ele, ¡ud oll'e"",fe ollc.t • 1"'·
d.~,
s,
00:
unh e Itllle WOlml, h,ng'"G from I1
J -
IIphcl y; Ihe hounrlO(} of a IIghl lineJ
6~ule
b tnc
'x-
d"
I • )
or moat
I
o( (om'
(,f!¡1I' I
.re
Clflt,
r,
rr·
p",r<.t lv Ihe lelO' p.riOlcl" .
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tunO. t .1
~(afi",
.fTorJ mui.J ", ,t"hr,
.1/
"I I'el' . l 'ERE,TOR, ao iollruOl In(d
"y
(olyey-
¡J,e dlfTtrenl f/'fClcs uf the
610.1
un
111
th.] Al'
.m,
f.r
1 OJ
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foond.
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