tonsure

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

To shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation.

Noun

1. A ritual shaving of this kind.
2. The hairstyle and characteristic bald patch resulting from being tonsured.

Concepts

tonsure

tonsurer

zone chauve

Synonymes

ordain

shave

bald patch

shaven head

cutting off the hair

enter Buddhist priesthood

shaving of the head

shaving the head

Traductions

Tonsur

tonsura

tonsura

tonsura

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tonsura

tonsura

chierica

tonsuur

kruinschering

حلاقة الشعر

cerquillo

tonsurar

Glatze

Glatzkopf

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tonsure

In summary

From Middle English tonsure, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”).