feast of the circumcision

English Thesaurus

1. (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st (noun.time)

hypernym	:	feast day, fete day,
definition	:	a day designated for feasting (noun.time)

domain category	:	church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church,
definition	:	the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy (noun.group)

domain category	:	anglican church, anglican communion, church of england,
definition	:	the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head (noun.group)