Wednesday, May 27, 2009

GRE Word : Tonsure



noun
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.
verb (used with object)
1.to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon.
2.to subject to tonsure.

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