tonsure

type of hairstyle characterized by cutting or shaving some or all the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility
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tonsure

Summary

tonsure is a hairstyle[1]. tonsure ranks in the top 5% of hairstyle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,643 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tonsure's image is recorded as Tonsure fx tr.png[3].
  • tonsure's image is recorded as Pietro Perugino - Don Baldassare di Antonio di Angelo - WGA17351.jpg[4].
  • tonsure's instance of is recorded as hairstyle[5].
  • tonsure's subclass of is recorded as shaved hair design[6].
  • tonsure's Commons category is recorded as Tonsure[7].
  • tonsure's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012mlf[8].
  • tonsure's Iconclass notation is recorded as 31A5333[9].
  • tonsure's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0214259[10].
  • tonsure's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0146823[11].
  • tonsure's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0146825[12].
  • tonsure's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • tonsure's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • tonsure's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • tonsure's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • tonsure's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • tonsure's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/tonsure[18].
  • tonsure's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4197069[19].
  • tonsure's NE.se ID is recorded as tonsur[20].
  • tonsure's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 14779a[21].
  • tonsure's Treccani ID is recorded as tonsura[22].
  • tonsure's Quora topic ID is recorded as Tonsure[23].
  • tonsure's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as tonsura[24].
  • tonsure's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as tonsur[25].
  • tonsure's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 2581260[26].
  • tonsure's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 2581262[27].

Why It Matters

tonsure ranks in the top 5% of hairstyle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,643 views/month).[2] tonsure has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] tonsure is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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