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farse - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun Eccles. , to extend by interpolation, as a part of the prescribed service: a frequent practice in the middle ages. Thus, the Gloria in Excelsis was sometimes farsed by interpolations in honor of the Virgin Mary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Eccl.) An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy
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Such an insertion is often referred to as farsa, both in the Middle Ages and modern writings, although "farse " can refer to other types of troping as well.
Christmas Music from Medieval England bls 2009
Such an insertion is often referred to as farsa, both in the Middle Ages and modern writings, although "farse " can refer to other types of troping as well.
Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009
He called them a "farse " because the FARC continues to kidnap people and won't cease hostilities.
Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011
The "farse " is your resorting to ignorant personal insults rather than debating the central issue.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010
If we needed a youtuber in the white house, why did we not change the election to a farse ?
Clinton again rips into vetting process 2009
Tom, the obvious fact is that our democracy is a convenient farse nothing “pessimistic” about that, huh?
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Just think, 5 years ago, I was believing the farse of global warming, but there is too much evidence that it is a bunch of horse sh!
warming-gate 2009
Tom, the obvious fact is that our democracy is a convenient farse .
Think Progress » Kristol Supports Arizona Immigration Law: ‘I Don’t Think It Violates Anyone’s Civil Rights’ 2010
Just re-visited the Augustine Commission's on-line web site 'hsf. nasa.gov' -- the Q&A packaged 'puff questions' are un - changed since yesterday -- the content and set-up are a farse , all softballs.
First Briefing on Human Space Flight Review - NASA Watch 2009
This Congress, and this Administration, are a farse and need to leave quickly.
Emanuel faces liberal pressure over 'trigger' comments 2009
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