Tonsure
noun
1.
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
2.
the shaving of the head or of some part of it as a religious practice or rite, especially in preparation for entering the priesthood or a monastic order.
3.
the part of a cleric’s head, usually the crown, left bare by shaving the hair.
4.
the state of being shorn.
verb (used with object), tonsured, tonsuring.
5.
to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon.
6.
to subject to tonsure.
noun
1.
(in certain religions and monastic orders)
the shaving of the head or the crown of the head only
the part of the head left bare by shaving
the state of being shaven thus
verb
2.
(transitive) to shave the head of
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