Толковый словарь английского языка - tonsure
Tonsure
tonsure
I. noun see: tome Date: 14th century the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head, the shaven crown or patch worn by monks and other clerics, a bald spot resembling a ~, II. transitive verb (~d; tonsuring) Date: 1706 to shave the head of
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n. & v. --n. 1 the shaving of the crown of the head or the entire head, esp. of a person entering a priesthood or monastic order. 2 a bare patch made in this way. --v.tr. give a tonsure to. Etymology: ME f. OF tonsure or L tonsura (as TONSORIAL) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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