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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 666 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PURSE (See also:Late See also:Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. See also:Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. See also:pusa, bag, has influenced the See also:change from b to p)  , a small bag for holding See also:money, originally a See also:leather pouch tied at the mouth, but now of various shapes . The See also:great See also:seal of See also:England is See also:borne by the See also: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 See also:office of the See also:lord See also:chancellor of England . 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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