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† ˈprepucy Obs.
[ad. L. præpūtium: see prec. and -cy.]
The foreskin. Also transf. The state of the uncircumcised; uncircumcision.
1382Wyclif Acts xi. 3 Whi entridist thou to men hauynge prepucie? [Vulg. ad viros præputium habentes]. ― Rom. ii. 25 If thou be a trespassour of the lawe, thi circumcisioun is maad prepucie [Vulg. circumcisio tua præputium facta est]. 1388― Deut. x. 16 Therfor circumcide ȝe the prepucie [gloss ethir vnclennesse] of ȝoure herte [Vulg. præputium cordis]. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 392/1 That I may haue the prepucye vndefouled. |