burse noun. [bǝ:s] LME.
[Old & mod. French bourse or medieval Latin BURSA; in sense 2 cf. BOURSE.]
1. A purse, esp. as the designation of one of the official insignia of the Lord Chancellor. LME.
b. Ecclesiastical. A receptacle for the corporal or linen cloth used to cover the elements in the Eucharist. M19.

2. A money market, an exchange, (= BOURSE). obsolete exc. Hist. as below. M16.
the Burse Hist. the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London.

3. = BURSARY 3. M16.
b. A fund to provide bursaries. L17-M18.

4. A German college or academic hall. L16.

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