tonsurar — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
tonsurar is used for these senses in English:
- ordain (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
- ordinate (transitive, uncommon) To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
- tonsure (transitive, Christianity, Buddhism) To shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation.
ordain — full definition
- verb To prearrange unalterably.
- verb To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
- verb To predestine.
shear — full definition
- verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
- verb To cut through something cleanly, or to break suddenly under sideways force.
- noun A force that pushes two parts of an object in opposite, parallel directions.