Obs. rare. Put erroneously for CIRCUMINCESSION, and CIRCUMSESSION; thence, by Blount explained from L. cessio yielding.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Circumcession, a besetting, or besieging round. [This occupies the alphabetic place of Circumsession: subseq. edd. insert it in its alph. place ‘Circumcession (circumcessio), a giving up, or ceasing round about; a general yielding.’]
a. 1679. T. Goodwin, Election, II. VII. ii. The Personal Indwelling of the Father in his Son which Divines call circumcession of the Persons.
