tonsure

noun

1. （僧侣或教士的）头顶剃光部位
   the part of a monk's or priest's head that has been shaved

1. All undergo the same tonsure, wear the same frock, eat the same black bread, sleep on the same straw, die on the same ashes.
   大家都剃同样的发式，穿同样的僧衣，吃同样的黑面包，睡在同样的麦秸上，死在同样的柴灰上。
2. The ferule is used for conversion, tonsure, ordination and parlance.
   戒尺用于皈依、剃度、传戒、说法等场合。
3. Before long, she saw through the emptiness of the material world and took tonsure.
   没过多久，她也看破红尘，削发为尼了。
4. Because of this notion, in the implementation process of tonsure command, different people and different regional had different psychological characteristics.
   基于这种结症，在剃发令推行过程中，不同的人群，不同的地域体现出了不同的心理特征。

noun

1. shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order

2. the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head

verb

1. shave the head of a newly inducted monk