tonsure in English
My hair was long as it always had been; our order didn't endorse tonsures , thank God.
The second presents Augustine as a tonsured monk in an austere cell, working with a quill on a small book.
Use "tonsure" in a sentence
1. In Tirupati after religious tonsure, sandalwood paste is applied to protect the skin.
2. 11 He had others in his grizzled russet tonsure, dropped from the higher branches as the wind stirred them.
3. He was apparently referring to the fact that ordained priests could not be prosecuted, and it appears that the tonsure did indeed save many priests from the gallows!
4. While Cleric in its strict sense means one who has received the ecclesiastical tonsure, yet in general sense it is also employed in canon law for all to whom Clerical privileges have been extended