burse

noun

1. a pouch or case for some special purpose.
2. (in Scotland)
   1. a fund to provide allowances for students.
   2. an allowance so provided.
3. Ecclesiastical. a case or receptacle for a corporal.

noun

1. mainly RC Church a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal
2. Scot
   1. a fund providing allowances for students
   2. the allowance provided