to tonsure

Examples

• All

• He watched the seasons pass, watched the summits of the surrounding hills lose their snow and look like the tonsured pates of the Franciscans.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Suddenly, he saw the disgusting grimaces of fat-bellied men with tonsured heads; he saw those bloated swine groveling before the witch in woman.

  Fiction book (1993)

• It depicts a beautiful, bare-breasted woman bent backwards in the embrace of a tonsured strong man whose cock is as long and thick as his thigh.

  Fiction book (1997)

• He is tonsured, but the ringlets of hair over his brow and the thick curls around his neck suggest that he is more youthful than Odo.

  Academic text (1999)

• Before his induction, the monk had to tonsure his hair as part of the religious ceremony.

• During the ritual, they tonsured the young acolyte, symbolizing his commitment to the monastic life.

• The priest decided to tonsure his head to reflect his devotion and humility in front of the congregation.

How Bald

to shave

334 1.0

to tonsure

• Literature

9.9

to clip

107 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology