tonsured

An adjective describing a person who has had their hair shaved, especially in a religious context (like a monk's tonsure). It is now rarely used outside of historical or ecclesiastical descriptions.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif décrivant une personne dont les cheveux ont été rasés ou coupés, en particulier dans un contexte religieux (comme la tonsure d'un moine). De nos jours, il est rarement utilisé en dehors des descriptions historiques ou ecclésiastiques.

1. Having a shaved or bald spot on the head C1 formal

   Describes a person, especially a monk or cleric, who has a shaved patch on the top of the head as a religious practice, or someone with a naturally bald crown.

   • The tonsured monk walked silently through the monastery.
   • In medieval paintings, saints are often depicted with tonsured heads.
   • His tonsured appearance was a clear sign of his religious order.

   🇫🇷tonsuré

   Synonymes: baldbald-headedshavedshavenshorn

   Antonymes: hairyunshaved

• more tonsured comparative form
• most tonsured superlative form

A verb meaning to shave the head, especially as part of a religious or monastic ritual.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant raser les cheveux, en particulier dans le cadre d'un rite religieux ou monastique.

1. Shave the head of a monk C2 formal

   To shave the crown of the head as a religious rite, especially for monks or clergy.

   • The abbot tonsured the new monk during the ceremony.
   • In some traditions, they tonsure the heads of all novices.
   • He was tonsured as a sign of his devotion to the order.

   🇫🇷Tonsurer

   Synonymes: cropshaveshear

• tonsured past participle
• tonsured past simple
• tonsuring present participle
• tonsures third person singular