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bursary

[ bur-suh-ree ]

/ ˈbɜr sə ri /

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noun, plural bur·sa·ries.

Ecclesiastical. the treasury of a monastery.

British. a college scholarship.

Origin of bursary

1530–40; < Medieval Latin bursāria treasurer's room, derivative of bursārius a treasurer. See bursar, -y³

Words nearby bursary

bursa of gastrocnemius, bursa of semimembranosus, bursal synovitis, bursar, bursarial, bursary, burschenschaft, burse, bursectomy, burseed, burseraceous

Example sentences from the Web for bursary

With some financial scheming, and the presentation of a bursary, Camille was entered a student at the college of Louis-le-Grand.

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 681, January 13, 1877. |Various
But I found a very necessary stimulus in the details of the examination for the bursary.

The Dew of Their Youth |S. R. Crockett
For such heresy he ought to be sent with a bursary to a seminary for priests—but enough of that.

The Duel |A. I. Kuprin
A bursary is what an English undergraduate would call a "Schol."

The Right Stuff |Ian Hay

He was also fortunate enough to hold a bursary in St. Leonard's College, which, however, is a blunder.

Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for bursary

bursary

/ (ˈbɜːsərɪ) /

noun plural -ries

Also called: bursarship a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc

British

the treasury of a college, etc
the bursar's room in a college