tonsured

Speech parts

1. tonsured - Adjective

2. tonsured - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

baldy smooth bald hairless tonsure shorn skinhead egghead glabrous whiskerless balding beardless shaven shaved cue ball
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Antonyms

shaggy rough fuzzy bearded hairy fluffy
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Anagrams

unsorted rudstone tosunder unstored

Examples

tonsured monks Source: Internet

He tonsured the young Nicholas as a reader and later ordained him a presbyter (priest). Source: Internet

Orthodox clergy who marry must do so prior to ordination to the subdiaconate (or diaconate, according to local custom) and typically one is either tonsured a monk or married before ordination. Source: Internet

He was baptised in 368 or 373 and tonsured as a reader (one of the minor orders of the Church). Source: Internet

Cultural practices differ slightly, but in general Father is the correct form of address for monks who have been tonsured, while Novices are addressed as Brother. Source: Internet

Similarly, Mother is the correct form of address for nuns who have been tonsured, while Novices are addressed as Sister. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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