circumcision vs religious rite

circumcision and religious rite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
circumcision	Yes	No	No	No
religious rite	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, religious rite is a hypernym of circumcision; that is, religious rite is a word with a broader meaning than circumcision:

circumcision: the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
religious rite: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

Other hypernyms of circumcision include rite.

circumcision (noun)	religious rite (noun)
the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males	an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite