untonsured

noun

1. the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
2. the shaving of the head or of some part of it as a religious practice or rite, especially in preparation for entering the priesthood or a monastic order.
3. the part of a cleric’s head, usually the crown, left bare by shaving the hair.
4. the state of being shorn.

verb (used with object), ton·sured, ton·sur·ing.

5. to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon.
6. to subject to tonsure.

noun

1. (in certain religions and monastic orders)
   1. the shaving of the head or the crown of the head only
   2. the part of the head left bare by shaving
   3. the state of being shaven thus

verb

2. (tr) to shave the head of

n.late 14c., “shaving of the head or part of it as a religious rite,” from Anglo-French tonsure (mid-14c.), from Old French tonsure (14c.), from Latin tonsura “a shearing, clipping,” from tonsus, past participle of tondere “to shear, shave,” from PIE *tend-, from root *tem- “to cut” (see tome). The verb is attested from 1793. Related: Tonsured; tonsuring.