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Thompson Chain Reference
• Purses
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Purse
Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Purse
• Bag, Purse, Wallet
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Purse
King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Purse
Webster Dictionary
• Sea Purse
• Pursing
• Pursefuls
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Privy Purse
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• ܟ݁ܺܝܣܳܐ
• βαλλάντιον
• ζώνη
• חָרִיט
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• צְרוֹר צְרוֹר, , צְרוֹר

(Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. i i p ra, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p), a small bag for holding money, originally a leather pouch tied at the mouth, but now of various shapes. The great seal of England is borne by the purse-bearer in a purse, usually styled "burse," decorated with the arms of the kingdom, the "burse" being thus one of the insignia of office of the lord chancellor of England. The "privy purse" is the amount of public money set apart in the civil list for the private and personal use of the sovereign (see Privy Purse).