Thursday, April 7, 2011

Vocab Day #13

For the next few weeks, vocab day posts every other week are all that will be posted on the blog.  I will be back some day.

tonsure (tahnshure)

noun:
a part of a monk's or priest's head left bare on top by shaving off the hair.
[in singular]: an act of shaving the top of a monk's or priest's head as a preparation for entering a religious order.

verb (transitive), often as adjective (tonsured)
shave the hair on the crown of

3 comments:

  1. Take care of yourself while you take your break.

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  2. Hey! I actually knew that one already. I'm feeling smart. =)

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  3. Never knew it was called that!

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