burse
Americannoun
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a pouch or case for some special purpose.
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(in Scotland)
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a fund to provide allowances for students.
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an allowance so provided.
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Ecclesiastical. a case or receptacle for a corporal.
noun
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RC Church a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal
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a fund providing allowances for students
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the allowance provided
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Etymology
Origin of burse
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French < Late Latin bursa purse; see bursa
Example Sentences
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A certain yearly aid is called a burse.
From The Autobiography of St. Ignatius by J. F. X. (John Francis Xavier) O'Conor
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
After his conversion many persons demanded that he should make restitution to the burse fund, which, according to them, he had employed against the intentions of the founders.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various
The priest replaced the purificator, paten, and pall upon the chalice; once more pinched the two large folds of the veil together, and laid upon it the burse containing the corporal.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola
The color of the chalice veil and the burse follows that of the season.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
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