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- verb Present participle of
tonsure .
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Examples
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For those interested in following the Institute of the Good Shepherd (and I know there is such an interest), the website of their seminary has up some new photographs of recent events in IBP life, including a Candlemas procession and, most recently, the tonsuring of some of their seminarians.
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Speaking of scalps, I discovered that the Mimbrenos had no special zeal for tonsuring their enemies, but they brought back a few from those of Gallantin's band they'd killed, and the women dressed and stretched them on little frames, to brighten up the parlour, I dare say.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Speaking of scalps, I discovered that the Mimbrenos had no special zeal for tonsuring their enemies, but they brought back a few from those of Gallantin's band they'd killed, and the women dressed and stretched them on little frames, to brighten up the parlour, I dare say.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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Speaking of scalps, I discovered that the Mimbrenos had no special zeal for tonsuring their enemies, but they brought back a few from those of Gallantin's band they'd killed, and the women dressed and stretched them on little frames, to brighten up the parlour, I dare say.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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In basements they could see through half-open doors at the bottom of ladderlike steps, earnest-faced men, with long, well-tended queues of hair, busily tonsuring sleepy clients.
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We see King perhaps laid aside; not tonsured, tonsuring is out of fashion now; but say, sent away any whither, with handsome annual allowance, and stock of smith-tools.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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She then visited India where she saw tonsuring happening.
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When Indians make pilgrimages to the country's biggest temples to make requests to the gods and to give thanks, one of the things they can offer as a sacrifice is their hair, in a process called tonsuring.
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The Endowments Department erected barricades; opened separate ticket counters (Rs. 10 for special darshan and Rs. 25 for quick darshan), special enclosures for tonsuring and arranged
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He also took exception to Health Minister B. Sriramulu tonsuring his head and wearing black dress saying that it did not suit the position he held.
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