BURSAR (Med. Lat. bursarius)

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BURSAR (Med. Lat. bursarius) , literally a keeper of the bursa or purse. The word is now chiefly used of the official, usually one of the fellows, who administers the finances of a college at a university, or of the treasurer of a school or other institution. The

term

TERM

is also applied to the holder of " a bursary," an exhibition at Scottish schools or universities, and also in England a scholarship or exhibition enabling a

pupil

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

of an elementary school to continue his education at a secondary school. The

term

TERM

" burse " (Lat. bursa, Gr. l3bpaa, bag of skin) is particularly used of the embroidered purse which is one of the insignia of office of the lord high

chancellor

CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

of England, and of the pouch which in the Roman

Church

CHURCH
CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
kirk
- KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
RICHARD
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RICHARD
WILLIAM (1815–189o)
CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

contains the " corporal " in the service of the

Mass

. The " bursa " is a square case opening at one side only and covered and lined with

silk

SILK

or linen; one side should be of the colour of the

vestments

VESTMENTS

of the day.

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