Bursa

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A bursa (or burse), from Greek βύρσα ("hide", "skin", "bag"), is a parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence. It is used in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, Anglo-Catholic churches, and the Lutheran churches.

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