I had lunch today with a Dominican from a traditional community in France.
We spoke about the corona, and the communities of religious who still maintain it.
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APOD show the total eclipse last week, compliments of God and a view from Asia.
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since Sat., 25 Nov. 2006:
I suspected you referred to a tonsure, but wasn’t 100% sure. So I looked it up, and surely, the tonsure was mentioned. But surprise! The dictionary came up with another ecclesiastical use as well – and I’m sure there will be one or two readers here who’d be interested in that tidbit, so here goes:
co?ro?na??/k??ro?n?/
9. the tonsure of a cleric.
10. Ecclesiastical. a gold-colored stripe around the lower edge of a clerical headdress, as of a miter.