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tonsure (1309)

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[FEW: 13/ii,32a tonsura; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,777b tonsure; TL: 10,383 tonsure; DEAF:  tonsure; DMF:  tonsure; TLF:  tonsure; OED:  tonsure n.; MED:  tonsure n.; DMLBS: 3452b tonsura]
 

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1eccl.monastictonsure, pratice of shaving (part of) the head as a religious practice for entering priesthood or a monastery
( 1351-52 )  moignes et autres gentz de religion portantz tonsure et habit  ii 244
( c.1366 )  Ne soit par eux ressu a nule degré de tonsure clericale saunz significacioun fet a l’ordiner  225
2textile(act of) shearing, removing the nap of wollen cloth
( 1406 )  Item paié pur le tonsure de ditz draps  i 99
3curr.finan.(act of) clipping, fraudulently mutilating coins by paring the edges
( 1309; MS: s.xvi2 )  Si ad le roy cel avant dit moné defait tout outre, et la Jeuwerie pleynement voydé qi de cel tonsure furunt forme[n]t encusez  10.22
( 1381-82 )  l'or est droit feble pour cause de tonsure  iii 126
( MS: s.xv )  le denier d'Engleterre round et sanz tonsure poisera .xxxij. greins de froument  7
tonsure de la moneie
1 curr.finan. act of) clipping, fraudulently mutilating coins by paring the edges
( 1415-16 )  la tonsure, loture et fylynge de la moneie  ii 217
( 1416 )  le tonsure, loture, fylinge, et autre fauxisne de vostre moneye, duissent estre adjuggez tresoun  iv 82
retonsure  toison  tonser  tonsioun  tonsour 
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