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burse
[ burs ]
noun
- a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- (in Scotland)
- a fund to provide allowances for students.
- an allowance so provided.
- Ecclesiastical. a case or receptacle for a corporal.
burse
/ bɜːs /
noun
- RC Church a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal
- a fund providing allowances for students
- the allowance provided
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of burse1
C19: from Medieval Latin bursa purse
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Example Sentences
The terms were afterwards often used indifferently, and Pisaro, just before, calls the Exchange the Burse.
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In Burse-road and Pendarmes-road the shrubs and trees were broken down, and lay overhanging and obstructing the footpaths.
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Her own room reflected the rising worship of Morris and Burse-Jones, of which, indeed, she had been an adept from the beginning.
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Mass had been said not long since, and the chalice covered with the veil and burse was still on the altar.
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The "burse" is a square, stiff pocket of silk over cardboard, in which the Altar-linen is carried to and from the Altar.
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