"tonsura" meaning in Latin

See tonsura in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tõːˈsuː.ra] [Classical-Latin], [tonˈsuː.ra] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From tondeō + -tūra with the regular change -dt- → -ss- → -s-. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|tondeō|-tūra}} tondeō + -tūra Head templates: {{la-noun|tōnsūra<1>}} tōnsūra f (genitive tōnsūrae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tōnsūra<1>}} Forms: tōnsūra [canonical, feminine], tōnsūrae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tōnsūra [nominative, singular], tōnsūrae [nominative, plural], tōnsūrae [genitive, singular], tōnsūrārum [genitive, plural], tōnsūrae [dative, singular], tōnsūrīs [dative, plural], tōnsūram [accusative, singular], tōnsūrās [accusative, plural], tōnsūrā [ablative, singular], tōnsūrīs [ablative, plural], tōnsūra [singular, vocative], tōnsūrae [plural, vocative]
  1. haircut Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-tonsura-la-noun-ipxZr7fn Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -tura, Hair Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tura: 43 24 32 Disambiguation of Hair: 93 3 4
  2. pruning, clipping, trimming Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-tonsura-la-noun-SOZGfeQj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 57 23 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 30 39 30
  3. shearing Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-tonsura-la-noun-KShp0JgI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tondeō, tōnsilis, tōnsiō, tōnsor, tōnsōrius, tōnstrīcula, tōnstrīna, tōnstrīnum, tōnstrix, tōnsus
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}

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