7.Brother Gillam lowered his cowl. Underneath he had a mop of blond hair, a tonsured scalp, and a bloodstained bandage where he should have had an ear.
8.The clergymen were required by the Catholic Church to sport a very specific haircut, called tonsures, and to remove all facial hair, so the monasteries generally had at least one barber.
9.A long procession of seminarists came in from the college which is under the shadow of that great church, two by two, in black cassocks and short white surplices. Many were tonsured already. Some were quite young.