Possessives

• monk: Two or three stunted bushes were boxed into a small strip of grass that bounded it like a monk's tonsure.

• pregnancy: The ' pregnancy ' tonsure of two girls shows that they are in their second phase.

Converse of object

• receive: He had received tonsure but was only in his fifteenth year; he was instituted to the rectory in 1308 while still a minor.