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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 ...
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/ˈtɒn ʃər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ton-sher] Show IPA noun, verb, -sured, -sur⋅ing. Use tonsures in a Sentence · See web results for tonsures ...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about tonsures. tonsures. Information about tonsures in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... tonsures; Tonton Macoute; Tonty, Henri de; tonus lascivus; tonus peregrinus; Tony award; Toodyay; Tooele;
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vary in size according to rank. ... More on Tonsures from Infoplease: ... Tonsures - Tonsures vary in size according to rank. For clerics the tonsure should be I inch in diameter. ...
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Encyclopedia article about tonsures. Information about tonsures in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... some tonsures kept the entire head shaved above the ears, and some retained a broad band of hair around the head. Different religious orders had different tonsures. In the 6th...
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A sacred rite instituted by the Church by which a baptized and confirmed Christian is received into the clerical order ... A sacred rite instituted by the Church by which a baptized and confirmed Christian is received into the clerical order by the shearing of his hair and the investment with the surplice. ... As a sacred rite,
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The act of shaving the head or part of the head, especially as a preliminary to becoming a priest or a member of a monastic order. ... some tonsures kept the entire head shaved above the ears, and some retained a broad band of hair around the head. Different religious orders had different tonsures. In the 6th and 7th cent.
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vary in size according to rank. ... For clerics the tonsure should be I inch in diameter. (Gastaldus, ii. sect. i. chap. viii.) For those in minor orders it should be 1 1/2 inch, (Council of Palencia under Urban VI.) For a sub-deacon 1 3/4 inch. ... More on Tonsures from Fact Monster:
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