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单词 tonsure
释义

tonsure1/ʹtonshə/ noun

the shaved patch on a monk's or other cleric's head

the Roman Catholic Eastern or Celtic Christian rite of admission to the clerical state by the shaving of a portion of the head

any similar rite, e.g. in Buddhism, Hinduism, or Jainism

[Middle English from medieval Latin tonsura, literally ‘act of shearing’, from tondēre to shear]

tonsure2verb trans

to shave the head of (a monk or other cleric), esp to confer the tonsure on them

tonsured adj
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