
1) Big Danish brand 2) Big European brand 3) Clerical clipping 4) Clerical hair style 5) Clipping of a sort 6) Crown 7) Danish brand 8) Danish international brand 9) European international brand 10) European brand 11) Famous European brand 12) Famous Danish brand 13) French word used in English 14) Haircut for a fra
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- the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
- shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
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Tonsure 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 from the Latin word tonsūra (to clip, or cut) and referred to a specific practice in medieval Catholicism, abandoned by papal order in 1972. Current usage more generally refers to cutting or shaving ...
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the shaping of evergreens by clipping.
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shaving of small area on the crown of head of a priest or monk
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• (n.) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank. • (n.) 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 ...
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in various religions, a ceremony of initiation in which hair is clipped from the head as part of the ritual marking one`s entrance into a new stage ... [1 related articles]
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The full or partial shaving of the head as a symbol of entering clerical or monastic orders. Until 1973 in the Roman Catholic Church, the crown was shaved (leaving a surrounding fringe to resemble...
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1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn. ... 2. 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 ...
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Ton'sure noun [ French, from Latin
tonsura a shearing, clipping, from
tondere ,
tonsum , to shear, shave; confer Greek ... to gnaw; perhaps akin to Greek ... to cut, and English
tome .]
1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the s...
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Tonsure is the religious practice of having the head shaved before entering the priesthood or becoming a monk. Until 1973 in the Roman Catholic Church, the crown was shaved (leaving a surrounding fringe to resemble Jesus' crown of thorns); in the Eastern Orthodox Church the hair is merely shorn close. For Buddhist monks, the entire head is shaved e...
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[
n] - the shaved crown of a monk`s or priest`s head 2. [n] - shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order 3. [v] - shave the head of a newly inducted monk
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noun shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
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