noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
tonsure; cutting one's hair before entering a monastery
Buddhist term for the ritual cutting of hair when becoming a monk or nun. Also used as a suru verb.
彼は出家するために落飾した。
He cut his hair to enter the monastery.
出家 refers to the act of leaving secular life to become a monk, while 落飾 specifically refers to the ritual hair-cutting that accompanies it.
From 落 (to drop, remove) and 飾 (ornament, decoration), referring to the removal of hair ornaments and the cutting of hair as a symbol of renunciation.