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Tonsure (/ˈtɒnʃər/) is the
practice of
cutting or
shaving some or all of the hair on the
scalp as a sign of
religious devotion or humility. The term originates...
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distinctive system for
determining the
dating of Easter, a
style of
monastic tonsure, a
unique system of penance, and the po****rity of
going into "exile for...
- only one type of monasticism. The
profession of
monastics is
known as
tonsure (referring to the
ritual cutting of the monastic's hair
which takes place...
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Tonsure is a men's wear
brand based out of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tonsure was
founded by
Malte Flagstad in 2013. The
brand won the
Danish Design Talent...
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period distinguished two male forms: a
foliated (leafy)
maize god and a
tonsured one. The
foliated god is
present in the so-called
maize tree (Temple of...
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tonsured and wore
their hair short. In
medieval Gaul, if one
removed the long hair of a king, you
removed his
claims to
kingship as well.
Tonsuring was...
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hieromonk who
performs a
tonsure must be of at
least the rank he is
tonsuring into. In
other words, only a
hieromonk who has been
tonsured into the
Great Schema...
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Roman tradition at the
Council of
Whitby (664),
which was
ostensibly about tonsures (clerical haircuts) and the date of Easter, but more significantly, about...
- The
sokan ceremony (Thai: พระราชพิธีโสกันต์),
often translated as
royal tonsure ceremony, was an
important royal practice in Siam (now Thailand). It was...
- romanized: śikhā) is a tuft of hair kept at the back of the head by a
Hindu following tonsure.
Though traditionally considered to be an
essential mark of a Hindu, today...
