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tonsure
 
Noun tonsure has 2 senses
  1. tonsure - the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
    --1 is a kind of     pate, poll, crown
    Derived form: verb tonsure1
  2. tonsure - shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
    --2 is a kind of     shave, shaving
    Derived form: verb tonsure1
Verb tonsure has 1 sense
  1. tonsure - shave the head of a newly inducted monk
    --1 is one way to     shave
    Derived forms: noun tonsure2, noun tonsure1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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