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BURSAR (Med. Lat. bursarius)

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BURSAR (Med. Lat. bursarius)

BURSAR (Med. See also:
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Lat. bursarius) , literally a keeper of the bursa or See also:

PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse. The word is now chiefly used of the See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official, usually one of the See also:

FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (1799-1860)

fellows, who administers the finances of a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at a university, or of the treasurer of a school or other institution. The See also:

TERM

term is also applied to the holder of " a bursary," an See also:

EXHIBITION

exhibition at Scottish See also:

SCHOOLS

schools or See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities, and also in See also:

England a scholarship or exhibition enabling a See also:

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)

pupil of an elementary school to continue his See also:

EDUCATION

education at a secondary school. The term " burse " (Lat. bursa, Gr. l3bpaa, bag of skin) is particularly used of the embroidered purse which is one of the insignia of See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of the See also:

lord high See also:

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

chancellor of England, and of the pouch which in the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

Church contains the " See also:

CORPORAL

corporal " in the service of the See also:

Mass. The " bursa " is a square See also:

case opening at one See also:

side only and covered and lined with See also:

SILK

silk or See also:

LINEN

linen; one side should be of the See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the See also:

VESTMENTS

vestments of the See also:

day.

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