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tonsured
We have found lemma(root) word of tonsured : tonsure.
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[ˈtɒnsj(ʊ)ə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a part of a monk's or priest's head left bare on top by shaving off the hair
(e.g: his hair is thinning up there—soon he'll have a tonsure like a monk's)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin tonsura, from tondere ‘shear, clip’
[ˈtɒnsj(ʊ)ə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- shave the hair on top of (a monk's or priest's head); give a tonsure to
(e.g: Louis's half-brothers were tonsured and sent away to monasteries)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin tonsura, from tondere ‘shear, clip’
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