PREFERRED TERM
Burse
DEFINITION
- n. From the Latin "bursa" and the French "bourse" meaning purse. From previous forms as "burss(e)" "buss" "burze" "byrse". It is a type of wallet or receptacle for the corporal or linen cloth used to cover the elements of the Eucharist. It measures about 12 inch, in a square shape, and is covered with silk of the appropriate liturgical colour.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Devonshire Jones, Tom; Murray, Linda; Murray, Peter (eds.) The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Art and Architecture (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Bourse
French
Borsa del corporale
Italian
Bolsa de corporales
Spanish
URI
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