excision

Examples

• All

• According to Weil, these include the performance of ritual excision in order to control desire, and the tattooing of the gums and lips blue (a color associated with the cooling effect of male energy) to control women's speech.

  Academic text (1998)

• Included as part of the excision ritual in the nineteenth century, and in some villages until 1960, the mask was made by the elder women's age-grade association and usually performed by members of the married women's age grade.

  Academic text (1998)

• Masks made and performed by females were involved in the rituals of excision and the Land Turtle's secret.

  Academic text (1998)

• Excision was intended to decrease the dangers to the community represented by female sexuality; women, it was believed, could not otherwise control themselves sexually.

  Academic text (1998)

• Excision was the second premarital women's ritual and included the subsequent isolation experience in the camp.

  Academic text (1998)

• Informants indicated that the maskers had all experienced excision, the only premarital ritual in which most females still participate.

  Academic text (1998)

• A small group of Luchazi (Zambia) performs similar fire masquerades as part of their excision ceremonies.

  Academic text (1998)

• In the nineteenth century, the Ancestor appeared during the excision ritual only in old Muslim Mande villages, and the number of those that continued to have the mask decreased between 1920 and 1960.

  Academic text (1998)

• The church council decided on his excision, effectively removing him from their fellowship and privileges.

• Her excision from the church was announced during the Sunday service, shocking many of the congregation.

Synonyms

R

removal

vsexcision

106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

is a formal religious action removing membership and privileges

E

expulsion

vsexcision

39 6.1

A forced removal of a person from a place or group

is a formal religious measure that targets membership and privileges

E

ejection

vsexcision

23 5.5

Forcing someone or something out of a place quickly

is a formal religious procedure rather than a physical eviction

O

ouster

vsexcision

19 7.4

Removing someone from a place like a home by force or law

is a church-specific removal focused on membership and religious privileges

E

excommunication

vsexcision

• Formal

11 9.8

Officially not allowed to take part in a Christian church's services or religious ceremonies

is the formal church action that removes membership and religious privileges

H

herem

vsexcision

• Specialized

9.9

A formal ban that stops a person from being part of a religious group

is a church-specific act removing membership and religious privileges

Antonyms

A

acceptance

104 2.7

Being approved or welcomed by other people

I

inclusion

65 3.7

Being part of a group, activity, or process

Surface Forms

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