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Word: Tonsure
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin tonsura, from tondere ‘shear, clip’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɒnʃə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɒnsj(ʊ)ə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a part of a monk's or priest's head left bare on top by shaving off the hair
Short Definition:part of monk's or priest's head left bare on top by shaving off hair
Examples:- his hair is thinning up there—soon he'll have a tonsure like a monk's
Word: Tonsure
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɒnʃə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɒnsj(ʊ)ə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
shave the hair on top of (a monk's or priest's head); give a tonsure to
Short Definition:give tonsure to
Examples:- Louis's half-brothers were tonsured and sent away to monasteries
- a tonsured monk
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