How to pronounce“tonsure”in English

Today some monks practice tonsure while others don't.

And the most recognizable is the Coronal tonsure, possibly modeled on Jesus' crown of thorns on the cross.

There's also the Pauline tonsure, named after Saint Paul, and used more commonly in Eastern Orthodoxy.

Figuring out the shape of the tonsure these monks use, is a detective story.

McCarthy wanted to learn the shape of this tonsure, because it represented the split in the Roman Celtic Churches.

The Coronal is the Roman, or Petrine tonsure, after Saint Peter.

In the Roman Catholic Church, clerical tonsure ended in 1972.