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tonsure
[ ton-sher ]
noun
- the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- 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.
- the part of a cleric's head, usually the crown, left bare by shaving the hair.
- the state of being shorn.
verb (used with object)
- to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon.
- to subject to tonsure.
tonsure
/ ˈ³ÙÉ’²Ôʃə /
noun
- 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
- tr to shave the head of
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù´Ç²Ô²õ³Ü°ù±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù´Ç²Ôs³Ü°ù±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tonsure1
Example Sentences
Its detailed design includes a crowned Virgin Mary holding the Christ child and kneeling to her right is a monk looking up at her, identified by his tonsure.
His Semitic features suggested intelligence, but his shambling gait and inattention to his tonsure and sartorial presence suggested a man under extraordinary stress.
She depicts them as tonsured monks, “ascetic and contemplative,†working on the book together, Taylor helping Bechdel with the color.
His tonsure looked like it had been fashioned by an impostor barber with a toenail clipper.
Instead, its hair is black, like mine, and raggedly scuttles onto his forehead like the tonsure of a Tibetan yak left out in the rain.
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