As the castrati were tonsured and lacked facial hair, these traits can be used as indications for identifying castrati in manuscript illustrations and wall paintings.
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The strongest ties -tonsurekinship - are only found among clerics, while regional affiliations are also confined to clerics.
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Jogis shave people and make them their disciples: we have been tonsured by our love for him.
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The abbot or hieromonk who performs atonsuremust be of at least the rank he is tonsuring into.
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Those tonsured also wore a cross made of cypress wood around their necks on a white string.
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Eventually, he was tonsured a monk, and continued his life of asceticism.
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The minor orders of candle bearer and cantor are given beforetonsureduring ordination to the lectorate.
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Those that practice completetonsuregenerally ritually offer the hair to their family deity.
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He studied for the priesthood, and was tonsured in 1820.
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The water came from a nearby spring, and was used by the monks for washing, shaving,tonsure, and doing laundry.
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He was tonsured and received the minor orders of porter and acolyte.
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He also makes it clear that he was brought up in the area, and was tonsured, trained and ordained there.
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On the outside is a provision for devotees who would like to get their heads tonsured.
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The confusion has arisen by the common reference to a man being tonsured a reader which, while widespread, is not technically correct.
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Additionally,tonsurecan be used for punishing people for severe crimes.
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