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noun
- The bald patch resulting from being tonsured.
Translations: verb (tonsur, ing)
- (Christianity) The often ritual shave, shaving of the crown of the head as a sign of humility and one's religious vocation. Some tonsures were more dramatic than others, leaving only a fringe of hair. Abolished by Vatican II in the Roman Catholic Church.
Etymology: Ultimately, from Latin tondere, 'to shear'.
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