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Verb
/ˈtänSHər/,
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tonsures, plural;
  1. Shave the hair on the crown of

Noun
  1. A part of a monk's or priest's head left bare on top by shaving off the hair

  2. An act of shaving the top of a monk's or priest's head as a preparation for entering a religious order

  1. the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
  2. shave the head of a newly inducted monk
  3. shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
  4. (tonsured) having a bald spot either shaved or natural; "tonsured monks"
  5. Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches, mystics, Buddhist novices and monks, and some Hindu temples of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics, devotees, or holy people as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem.
  6. The bald patch resulting from being tonsured; The often ritual shaving of the crown of the head as a sign of humility and one's religious vocation. Some tonsures were more dramatic than others, leaving only a fringe of hair. Abolished by Vatican II in the Roman Catholic Church
  7. the shaping of evergreens by clipping.
  8. (TAHN shur) noun 1. The act of shaving the top or crown of the head, especially as a preliminary to becoming a priest or monk. 2. The part of a monk's head so shaven.
  9. the round, bare place on the heads of Roman Catholic monks ("tonsured")