TONSURE
\tˈɒnʒə], \tˈɒnʒə], \t_ˈɒ_n_ʒ_ə]\
Definitions of TONSURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.
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The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
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The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.
By Oddity Software
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The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.
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The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
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The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of cutting the hair, or of shaving the crown, of the head, as by persons entering the priesthood; the part of a priest's head left bare by such shaving.
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Tonsured.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the head: the corona worn by priests as a mark of their order.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald