FARSE

Noun

farse (plural farses)

A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.

Verb

farse (third-person singular simple present farses, present participle farsing, simple past and past participle farsed)

(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).

Anagrams

• Afers, Fears, Feras, Frase, SAfrE, fares, fears, reafs, safer

Source: Wiktionary


Farse, n. Etym: [See Farce, n.] (Eccl.)

Definition: An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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