tonsured

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In both we see Vos in a smoke-colored hooded robe, kneeling before Mary, his hair severely tonsured.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

But, he was blessed by Archbishop Benjamin in 2011 and says he’s the first official tonsured bell-ringer in the United States since the Russian Revolution.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2017

But there he was in the margins, instantly, totally recognizable: brown-robed, bearded, tonsured, on his knees, hands and eyes directed skyward, giving himself to God and to his fellow creatures alike.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2015

A gaggle of monks in brown habits, their heads tonsured in repentant horseshoes, rises and begins to chant.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2014

The Franciscan, who was asleep on the table, has raised his tonsured head.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz