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tonsure

The full or partial shaving of the head as a symbol of entering clerical or monastic orders. Until 1973 in the Roman Catholic Church, the crown was shaved (leaving a surrounding fringe to resemble Jesus' crown of thorns); in the Eastern Orthodox Church the hair is merely shorn close. For Buddhist monks, the entire head is shaved except for a topknot.



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from which they derived their name, or the bursars of the college of Dormans on their shaved tonsure, and their surtout parti-colored of bluish-green, blue, and violet cloth,
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Pedro Lobo's son has received the first orders and tonsure, with the intention of becoming a priest.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
Come but within reach of my sword arm, and, friar or no friar, I'll shave your tonsure closer than ever bald-pated monk was shaven before
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
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