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eunuchism|ˈjuːnəkɪz(ə)m|
Also 7 eunochisme, -ucisme.
[f. eunuch n. + -ism.]
The process or custom of making eunuchs; the condition of being a eunuch; emasculation.
1620Bp. Hall Hon. Mar. Clergy i. §7 Neither doe we thinke that the earth affords any thing more glorious then eunuchisme for the kingdome of heauen. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. xx. 202 To introduce Eunochisme, and this way of degrading men from their manhood. Ibid. 204 Eunucisme. 1688W. Payne Texts of Papists conc. Celibacy Exam. ii. 782 (T.) This voluntary eunuchism is not to be understood literally, as it was by Origen. 1718(title), Eunuchism Display'd, describing all the different Sorts of Eunuchs, etc. 1875J. Davenport Curios. Erot. Physiol. Essay v. (title) Eunuchism. |