Then in 1972 he issued another apostolic letter, Ministeria Quaedam (On First
Tonsure, Minor Orders, and the Subdiaconate), by which he eliminated
tonsure, minor orders, and the subdiaconate while establishing two installed ministries of lector and acolyte, mostly for priesthood candidates.
However, what Vanessa Paradis must have thought when he came home with his head shaved like a monk's
tonsure, a Hawaiian shirt louder than Cardiff on a Saturday night and the gait of a constipated gibbon is anyone's guess.
The President said he has directed the Minister of Defence
tonsure that PIA comes to Sri Lanka so it enables Pakistani businessmen to invest in business which is better for both the countries.
Balding men used to be happy to walk around with a
tonsure, that ring doughnut of monkish hair.
In addition, online contacts between colleges and Secretariat have been enhanced and the monitoring system has been made more effective
tonsure attendance of teachers in colleges.
It reminded me of Johnny Wood at school who had a
tonsure type hair style with hair growing all around his ostrich egg shaped bald bit.
His latest snip of news came as he tidied up my
tonsure at the back.
Lewis JP, Stofella SL, Feldman SR (2001) The origin of
tonsure like gaps in Spartina argentinensis Parodi.
Rituals: Salutations,
Tonsure, and the Saint of the Day
Some gender historians, like Robert Mills, see this relation espoused through the medieval representation of the
tonsure and the association of hair (or lack thereof) with matters of social hierarchy, power, authority, and manhood.
"I only played a bit part - I was just a monk with a long costume and a
tonsure."