tonsorial \tahn-SOR-ee-ul\ - of or relating to a barber or the work of a barber
tonsure \TAHN(t)-shur\ n. - 1. the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head 2. the shaven crown or patch worn by monks and other clerics 3. a bald spot resembling a tonsure
(I hate when a definition reuses another sense of the word. The third definition makes no sense without the second.)
tonsure \TAHN(t)-shur\ v. - to shave the head of; especially : to confer the tonsure upon
(Did I mention that I hate it when they do that?)
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