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[tŏńshər]
(n.)The act of shaving the head or part of the head, especially as a…
(n.)The part of a monk's or priest's head that has been shaved.
(v.)To shave the head of.
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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 th...
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As a sacred rite, the tonsure was originally joined to the first ordination received, as in the Greek Church it still is to the order of lector. In the Latin Church it began as a separate ceremony about the end of the seventh century, when parents offered their young sons to the service of God.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about tonsure. tonsure. Information about tonsure in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. 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,
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Definition of tonsure in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of tonsure. Pronunciation of tonsure. Translations of tonsure. tonsure synonyms, tonsure antonyms. Information about tonsure in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. 2. tonsure - shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order...
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The Monastic Tonsure. It is generally accepted that monasticism began in Egypt towards the end of the Third Century, though its origins may have been older.
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Tonsure means to cut off someone's hair. Monks in the Middle Ages generally showed that they were monks by cutting their hair short (when most men wore theirs long) and especially by shaving a bald spot in the middle of the back of their heads.
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