tonsure
noun/ˈtɒnʃə(r)/
/ˈtɑːnʃər/
- the part of a monk’s or priest’s head that the hair has been removed from by shavingWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin tonsura, from tondere ‘shear, clip’.
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