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Thompson Chain Reference
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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• Bag, Purse, Wallet
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Privy Purse
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• ܟ݁ܺܝܣܳܐ
• βαλλάντιον
• ζώνη
• חָרִיט
• כִּיס
• צְרוֹר צְרוֹר, , צְרוֹר

(1):

(v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

(2):

(n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.

(3):

(n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.

(4):

(v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

(5):

(v. t.) To put into a purse.

(6):

(n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.

(7):

(n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

(8):

(n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.

(9):

(n.) A specific sum of money