[ad. med.L. tonsūrāt-us, f. L. tonsūra TONSURE: see -ATE1.] The state or quality of being tonsured, esp. in preparation for orders, or while only in the lowest order of Reader.
1727. New Memoirs of Literature, VI. Oct., 286. You will find another sort of men, who belong to the Synagogue of Satan, and are tonsurate. Be sure to cleave their heads: give them no quarter, unless they turn Mahometans, or pay a tribute.
1897. Tablet, 8 May, 725. Cranmer and his associates abolished the Tonsurate and all the minor orders.
