verb
- cutting or shaving the hair from the head, especially as a religious ritual or ceremony
Usage: religious context
Examples
- The monk was tonsuring his head as part of his religious vows.
- The ceremony involved tonsuring the new initiates.
- He spent the morning tonsuring the novices in preparation for their ordination.
- The abbot was responsible for tonsuring new members of the monastery.
- Tonsuring has been a religious practice for centuries.
- The ritual of tonsuring symbolizes the renunciation of worldly vanity.