Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In some English churches before the reformation, a paraphrase or explanation of the Latin epistle in the vernacular tongue, read or sung for the benefit of the people immediately after the epistle.
- 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 A
vernacular paraphrase inserted intoLatin 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.
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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.
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He called them a "farse" because the FARC continues to kidnap people and won't cease hostilities.
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The "farse" is your resorting to ignorant personal insults rather than debating the central issue.
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If we needed a youtuber in the white house, why did we not change the election to a farse?
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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
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Tom, the obvious fact is that our democracy is a convenient farse.
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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
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This Congress, and this Administration, are a farse and need to leave quickly.
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