tonsure

Meaning of tonsure

noun

A ritual shaving of this kind.
The bald patch resulting from being tonsured.

verb

To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation.

Information about tonsure

The plural form of tonsure is: tonsures.
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Hyphenation of tonsure

ton-sure

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
tonsure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of tonsure

French: tonsure
Spanish: tonsura
German: Tonsur
Italian: tonsura
Portuguese: tonsura

Anagrams of tonsure

snouter, tenours, unstore

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