"Tonsure" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In old Engllsh law. A be-£ng shaven; the having the head shaven; a shaven head. 4 Bl. Coinm. 367
The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the
service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given
by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the
hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and
benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of
the head; also, the state of being shorn.
The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark
of their order and of their rank.
If you cannot be a sun that illuminates the light, be a moon that never tires of reflecting the light.
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