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Meanings of roman tonsure in English

The Christian practice of shaving the top of the head so as to create a crown of hair.

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Examples for "tonsure"
Examples for "tonsure"
1
Here he was accepted, and in a short time received the tonsure.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle / A Descript...
2
Yawning, he scratched his unruly tonsure back into place as he listened.
The water room
3
I shaved my head, so that the tonsure was no longer visible.
The Garden of Allah
4
This is no shameless priest, like so many that disgrace the tonsure.
The Bravo: A Tale
5
Apollyon had a just discernible tonsure, but probably no right to it.
Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays