TONSURE


Meaning of TONSURE in English

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.

[ ME f. OF tonsure or L tonsura (as TONSORIAL) ]

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