tonsure
noun
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
tonsures
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present tense formof tonsure (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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There were clerks with neat little skull-caps to keep their tonsures warm, dressed in sober clothes which contrasted with the laity.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Men-at-arms mumbled their offices; steel caps concealed tonsures: embrasures framed precious panes: trumpets sounded the Angelus: mail chinked beneath vestments: sallies became processions: sentinels cried "Pax vobiscum"….
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
A set of monkish dresses, which had been provided, with all the proper apparatus of crosses, beads, tonsures, &c. often gave a variety to our appearance, and to our pursuits.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
Who has ever seen meat, tonsures, cowls, monasteries, hair-shirts coming out of men's mouths?
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
Otherwise, in common with the Church, Buddhism has saints, censers, litanies, tonsures, holy water, fasts, and confession.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Edgar Saltus
