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ˈtonsured, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. That has received tonsure; hence, in orders.
1706tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. iii. xxii. 395 By which, Tonsured Clerks..are exempt from Lay-Jurisdiction. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) I. ii. 58 The immunity of all tonsured persons from civil punishment for crimes. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 370 The cowled and tonsured Middle Age.
b. fig. Bald or partially bald.
1855Tennyson Brook 110 Bowing o'er the brook A tonsured head in middle age forlorn.
2. Clipped, as a yew or box. rare.
1837Howitt Rur. Life i. vii. (1862) 70 Walpole overturned this ancient fondness for pleached walks and tonsured trees. |