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ton⋅so⋅ri⋅al

  [ton-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]
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of or pertaining to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.
Origin:
1805–15; < L tōnsōri(us) of shaving (tond(ēre) to shave + -tōrius -tory 1 , with dt > s) + -al 1
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ton·so·ri·al   (tŏn-sôr'ē-əl, -sōr-)   
adj.  Of or relating to barbering or a barber.

[From Latin tōnsōrius, from tōnsor, barber, from tōnsus, past participle of tondēre, to shear; see tem- in Indo-European roots.]
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Tonsorial

Ton*so"ri*al\, a. [L. tonsorius, fr. tonsor a shearer, barber, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear. See Tonsure.] Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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tonsorial 
"pertaining to barbers," 1813, from L. tonsorius "of or pertaining to shearing or shaving," from tonsor "a shaver or barber," from tonsus, pp. of tondere "to shear, shave" (see tonsure). Tonsorious in the same sense is attested from 1656.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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