burse

American  

[burs] / bɜrs /

noun

1. a pouch or case for some special purpose.

2. (in Scotland)

   1. a fund to provide allowances for students.

   2. an allowance so provided.

3. Ecclesiastical. a case or receptacle for a corporal.

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burse British  

/ bɜːs /

noun

1. RC Church a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal

2. 1. a fund providing allowances for students

   2. the allowance provided

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Etymology

Origin of burse

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French < Late Latin bursa purse; see bursa

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Example Sentences

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burse

At the altar, Vincent had carried the missal to the right again, and Abbe Mouret had just folded the corporal and slipped it within the burse.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola

As he was hiding the chalice by gathering together the folds in the veil of cloth of gold matching the chasuble, La Teuse exclaimed: 'Stop, there's no corporal in the burse.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola

We have heard of a conseillers sone in Poictiers who gave in a burse 10000 livres in gold.

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall

We shud hav tu reit burse insted ov purse, az in disburse.

From Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

The "burse" is a square, stiff pocket of silk over cardboard, in which the Altar-linen is carried to and from the Altar.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester

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