Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tonsure
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Tonsure
tonsure
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin tonsura, from Latin, act of shearing, from tonsus, past participle of tondere to shear — more at tome Date: 14th century 1. the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head 2. the shaven crown or patch worn by monks and other clerics 3. a bald spot resembling a ~ II. transitive verb (~d; tonsuring) Date: 1706 to shave the head of; especially to confer the ~ upon
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n. & v. --n. 1 the shaving of the crown of the head or the entire head, esp. of a person entering a priesthood or monastic order. 2 a bare patch made in this way. --v.tr. give a tonsure to. Etymology: ME f. OF tonsure or L tonsura (as TONSORIAL) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n 1 the act of removing all the hair from the top of your head to show that you are a monk 2 the top part of your head that has had the hair removed for this reason - tonsured adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., "shaving of the head or part of it as a religious rite," from O.Fr. tonsure, from L. tonsura "a shearing, clipping," from tonsus, pp. of tondere "to shear, shave." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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