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"
1Here he was accepted, and in a short time received the tonsure.
2Yawning, he scratched his unruly tonsure back into place as he listened.
3I shaved my head, so that the tonsure was no longer visible.
4This is no shameless priest, like so many that disgrace the tonsure.
5Apollyon had a just discernible tonsure, but probably no right to it.