Tonsure (Verb)
Meaning
Shave the head of a newly inducted monk.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The senior monk carefully tonsured the novice's head as a sign of his devotion to the order.
- As part of their initiation ritual, all monks were tonsured by the abbot.
- After pronouncing his vows, Brother Thomas was tonsured in a solemn ceremony.
- The tonsuring of new recruits was a sacred tradition within the monastery.
- The young postulant was visibly nervous as he prepared to be tonsured by the monastery's elder.