tonsure — [ tɔ̃syr ] n. f. • 1245; lat. tonsura ♦ Petit cercle rasé au sommet de la tête des ecclésiastiques. Porter la tonsure. ♢ Fam. Calvitie circulaire au sommet de la tête. ● tonsure nom féminin (latin tonsura, de tondere, tondre) Espace rasé… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Tonsure — • A sacred rite instituted by the Church by which a baptized and confirmed Christian is received into the clerical order Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tonsure Tonsure … Catholic encyclopedia
tonsure — Tonsure. s. f. Ceremonie de l Eglise, par laquelle celuy à qui l Evesque coupe les cheveux, entre dans la clericature, & devient capable d estre admis aux Ordres sacrez, & de posseder des Benefices. Tonsure clericale. donner la tonsure. des… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
tonsure — (n.) late 14c., shaving of the head or part of it as a religious rite, from Anglo Fr. tonsure (mid 14c.), from O.Fr. tonsure (14c.), from L. tonsura a shearing, clipping, from tonsus, pp. of tondere to shear, shave, from PIE *tend , from root… … Etymology dictionary
tonsuré — Tonsuré. part. passif. Clerc tonsuré … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
tonsure — ► NOUN ▪ a part of a monk s or priest s head left bare on top by shaving off the hair. ► VERB ▪ give a tonsure to. ORIGIN Latin tonsura, from tondere shear, clip … English terms dictionary
Tonsure — Ton sure, n. [F., fr. L. tonsura a shearing, clipping, from tondere, tonsum, to shear, shave; cf. Gr. ? to gnaw; perhaps akin to Gr. ? to cut, and E. tome.] 1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tonsure — [tän′shər] n. [ME < MFr < L tonsura < tonsus: see TONSORIAL] 1. a clipping off or shaving off of part or all of the hair of the head, done esp. formerly as a signal of entrance into the clerical or monastic state 2. the head area so… … English World dictionary
Tonsure — Roman tonsure Tonsure is the traditional practice of Christian churches of cutting or shaving the hair from the scalp of clerics, monastics, and, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, all baptized members. Tonsure, usually qualified by the name of the… … Wikipedia
tonsure — /ton sheuhr/, n., v., tonsured, tonsuring. n. 1. the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head. 2. the shaving of the head or of some part of it as a religious practice or rite, esp. in preparation for entering the priesthood or a monastic… … Universalium
