Meaning Of The Word Tonsure
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Tonsure Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Tonsure?
tonsure in American English
a clipping off or shaving off of part or all of the hair of the head, done esp. formerly as a signal of entrance into the clerical or monastic state to clip or shave the head hair of for such a purpose noun: the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head transitive verb: to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon tonsure in British English noun: the shaving of the head or the crown of the head only verb: to shave the head of |
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