Concision

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Concision \Con*ci"sion\, n. [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See
     {Concise}.]
     A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  concision
       n : terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by
           expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: {conciseness},
            {pithiness}, {succinctness}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Concision
     (Gr. katatome; i.e., "mutilation"), a term used by Paul
     contemptuously of those who were zealots for circumcision (Phil.
     3:2). Instead of the warning, "Beware of the circumcision"
     (peritome) i.e., of the party who pressed on Gentile converts
     the necessity of still observing that ordinance, he says,
     "Beware of the concision;" as much as to say, "This circumcision
     which they vaunt of is in Christ only as the gashings and
     mutilations of idolatrous heathen."