tonsure

Tell them, please, that I want someone to give the tonsure.

There are many other cases of tonsure being used for this purpose.

He subsequently took the tonsure, and died three months later at age 69.

Perhaps the guy has a heat sensor where his tonsure should be.

"He asked to have his hair cut in a tonsure!

"And the poor man a monk himself, for they knew him by his tonsure."

He patted her head as if searching for a tonsure.

His hair was grey now, but shaved in the same tonsure.

As a young man, he received the tonsure in Bologna.

His hair was short but he had no tonsure.

The word tonsure is used less often to describe these Islamic practices.

He also suggests it is likely that Bruno kept the tonsure even after this point.

One had a bald spot much like a monk's tonsure.

On April 2, 1892, he received the tonsure minor orders.

He supposed that since the men were monks, it must be their version of a tonsure.

In 1988, he received the monastic tonsure and the new name of Daniel.

However, some Hindus practice a tonsure ceremony for girls as well.

He received the first tonsure and minor orders on December 14, 1859.

His conclusion was that he must take the tonsure.

The principal definition of a monk in this period was his tonsure.

As the blossoms age, the center petals fall out and a tonsure is formed.

And, of course, the fringe of hair around the tonsure.

After her arrival, she took the Buddhist tonsure and became a nun.

All of them were forced to accept the tonsure.

Earlier, it was the rite of tonsure that made one a cleric.