tonsure (The shaven crown or patch worn by monks and other clerics)

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• tonsure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin tonsura, from Latin, act of shearing, from tonsus, past participle of tondēre to shear more at tome Date: 14th century 1. the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to …   New Collegiate Dictionary