1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the head, or the state of being shorn, specially in the Rom. Cath. Church, as a sign of dedication to the ministry or initiation into holy orders; a shaven bald part on the head of a priest or monk.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• tensure,
• nsure,
• trsure,
• teasure,
• onsire,
• snsure,
• trusure,
• tsure,
• notsure,
• sinsure,
• tissure,
• toensure,
• tneure,
• trousure,
• toinsure,
• consure,
• tensore,
• tincure,
• coinshure,
• joindure

• tonsorial,
• tonsured.

The adverb form of the word "tonsure" is "tonsorially".

The adjective form of the word "tonsure" is "tonsured".

The plural of the "tonsure" can be the "tonsures".

The singular of the "tonsure" can be the "tonsure".