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Tonsure
Tonsure Ton"sure, n. [F., fr. L. tonsura a shearing, clipping,
from tondere, tonsum, to shear, shave; cf. Gr. ? to gnaw;
perhaps akin to Gr. ? to cut, and E. tome.]
1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of
the head; also, the state of being shorn.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
(a) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the
service of God and the church; the first degree of the
clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal
priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a
circular space at the back of the head, with prayers
and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into
minor orders.
(b) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a
mark of their order and of their rank.
Meaning of Tonsure from wikipedia
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Tonsure (/ˈtɒnʃər/) is the
practice of
cutting or
shaving some or all of the hair on the
scalp as a sign of
religious devotion or humility. The term originates...
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distinctive system for
determining the
dating of Easter, a
style of
monastic tonsure, a
unique system of penance, and the po****rity of
going into "exile for...
- only one type of monasticism. The
profession of
monastics is
known as
tonsure (referring to the
ritual cutting of the monastic's hair
which takes place...
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Tonsure is a men's wear
brand based out of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tonsure was
founded by
Malte Flagstad in 2013. The
brand won the
Danish Design Talent...
- The
sokan ceremony (Thai: พระราชพิธีโสกันต์),
often translated as
royal tonsure ceremony, was an
important royal practice in Siam (now Thailand). It was...
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hieromonk who
performs a
tonsure must be of at
least the rank he is
tonsuring into. In
other words, only a
hieromonk who has been
tonsured into the
Great Schema...
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period distinguished two male forms: a
foliated (leafy)
maize god and a
tonsured one. The
foliated god is
present in the so-called
maize tree (Temple of...
- Severus;
monastic name: Jonah. As the
tonsure was the
distinctive hairstyle of
monastic orders, a
forcibly tonsured boyar was
effectively exiled from power...
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tonsured and wore
their hair short. In
medieval Gaul, if one
removed the long hair of a king, you
removed his
claims to
kingship as well.
Tonsuring was...
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Tokugawa Iemochi. She was
renamed Lady Seikan'in-no-miya
after she took the
tonsure as a widow.
Chikako was the
youngest child of
Emperor Ninkō. Her birth...
