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Case for church cloth
Answer for the clue "Case for church cloth ", 5 letters:
burse
Alternative clues for the word burse
Word definitions for burse in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burse \Burse\, n. [LL. bursa, or F. bourse. See Bourse , and cf. Bursch , Purse .] A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [Obs.] --Holland. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Burse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charlie Burse (1901–1965), African-American blues musician Isaiah Burse (born 1991), American football wide receiver Janell Burse (born 1979), American, women's basketball player Ray Burse (born ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A purse. 2 A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies. 3 (context ecclesiastical English) An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use. 4 (context obsolete English) A stock ...
Usage examples of burse.
I shall also give you a piece of damask, silks, gold, haircloth and silk for the lining, to make a burse, again to your own design.
Thomas Cromwell, then lord privy seal, a design for a similar Burse to be erected in London.
December, 1568, the Burse was so far complete as to allow of merchants holding their meetings within its walls, but it was not until the 23rd January, 1571, that the queen herself visited it in state and caused it thenceforth to be called the Royal Exchange.
Elys replied hesitantly, for she had been too busy planning the altar-cloth and the burse to consider the cope in any detail.
He took the other, tying triple knots in the thong that held his burse to his belt, loosening his jerkin, swinging his booted feet onto the hard, thin mattress, and pulling up a blanket of surprisingly soft merino.
Those would be his altar cloths, his maniples, his purificators and burses and veils and corporals.
Fetching a silver ewer from a credence table near the vesting altar, the priest set it beside the communion vessels he had brought in from Mass and swept the burse and pall and veil off the chalice.