🔤 Tonsure ✨

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URDU

سر منڈوانا، سر کے بال کاٹنا، راہب کا منڈوایا ہوا سر
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
sar mundwana, sar ke bal katna, rahib ka mundwaya hua sar
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ENGLISH

📚noun
tonsure
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈtɑːnʃər/
Phonetic: /ton sher/
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DEFINITION

the shaving of part or all of the head especially as a religious practice, the shaved area on a religious persons head
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The monk received a tonsure during the traditional religious ceremony. His tonsure marked his formal entry into the monastic order. The painting shows priests with a circular tonsure on their heads. Tonsure has symbolized humility and religious devotion in several traditions. Visitors learned about tonsure while touring the medieval monastery museum.
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