TONSURED

tonsured

(adjective) having a bald spot either shaved or natural; “tonsured monks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

tonsured

simple past tense and past participle of tonsure

Anagrams

• deutrons, nerds out, roundest, rudstone, tosunder, unsorted, unstored

Source: Wiktionary


Ton"sured, a.

Definition: Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. Tennyson.

TONSURE

Ton"sure, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. tonsura a shearing, clipping, from tondere, tonsum, to shear, shave; cf. Gr. tome.]

1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.

2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) 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. (b) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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