| 单词 | tonsure |
| 释义 | tonsure /ton"sheuhr/, n. , v. , tonsured, tonsuring. n. 1. the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head. 2. 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. 3. the part of a cleric's head, usually the crown, left bare by shaving the hair. 4. the state of being shorn. v.t. 5. to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon. 6. to subject to tonsure. [1350-1400; ME < L tonsura a shearing, equiv. to tons(us) (ptp. of tondere to shear, clip, shave) + -ura -URE] |
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