- BURSE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BURSE is purse
- Burse | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia
In Roman form the burse is ordinarily made of two juxtaposed pieces of card-board about twenty-five centimetres (or ten inches) square, bound together at three edges, leaving the fourth open to receive the corporal
- burse, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun burse, six of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence burse has developed meanings and uses in subjects including university (mid 1500s) finance (late 1600s) textiles (1840s) ecclesiastical (1840s)
- BURSE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Burse definition: a pouch or case for some special purpose See examples of BURSE used in a sentence
- BURSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
2 meanings: 1 mainly Roman Catholic Church a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal 2 Scottish a a fund Click for more definitions
- Burse - definition of burse by The Free Dictionary
Define burse burse synonyms, burse pronunciation, burse translation, English dictionary definition of burse n 1 A purse 2 Ecclesiastical A flat cloth case for carrying the corporal that is used in celebrating the Eucharist American Heritage® Dictionary of the
- burse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Doublet of purse, compare French bourse (“purse, fund”) burse (plural burses) (now chiefly historical) A purse Roche stepped forward with a leather burse, announcing that he would pay for both of us
- What does burse mean? - Definitions. net
Burse noun An exchange where merchants meet, and shops are kept; so called, because the sign of the purse was anciently set over such a place; whence the Exchange in the Strand was termed Britain’s Burse by James I Phillips
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