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Definition of: tonsure
(ton′shər) noun
1. The shaving of the head, or of the crown of the head, as of a priest or monk, or the state of being thus shaven; hence, the priestly office.
2. That part of a priest's or monk's head left bare by shaving.
—v.t. ·sured, ·sur·ing To shave the head of. [<OF <L tonsura a shearing <tonsus. See TONSORIAL.]
—ton′sured adjective
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