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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ton•sure /ˈtɑnʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religionthe shaving of the head, esp. of a man upon entering the priesthood or on becoming a monk.
- Religionthe part of a cleric's head left bare by shaving the hair.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ton•sure (ton′shər),USA pronunciation n., v., -sured, -sur•ing. n. - the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- the shaving of the head or of some part of it as a religious practice or rite, esp. in preparation for entering the priesthood or a monastic order.
- the part of a cleric's head, usually the crown, left bare by shaving the hair.
- the state of being shorn.
v.t. - to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon.
- to subject to tonsure.
- Latin tōnsūra a shearing, equivalent. to tōns(us) (past participle of tondēre to shear, clip, shave) + -ūra -ure
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tonsure /ˈtɒnʃə/ n - (in certain religions and monastic orders) the shaving of the head or the crown of the head only
- the part of the head left bare by shaving
vb - (transitive) to shave the head of
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin tōnsūra a clipping, from tondēre to shaveˈtonsured adj |