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PURSE ( See also: money, originally a See also: leather pouch tied at the mouth, but now of various shapes
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The See also: great See also: seal of See also: England is See also: borne by the purse-See also: bearer in a purse, usually styled " burse," decorated with the arms of the See also: kingdom, the " burse" being thus one of the insignia of office of the See also: lord chancellor of England
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The " privy purse" is the amount of public money set apart in the See also: civil See also: list for the private and See also: personal use of the See also: sovereign (see PRIvY PURSE)
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