[L. cursus course, f. currĕre to run.] The Latin word for COURSE; occasionally used in mediæval or technical senses, as a. A race-course, running-ground, or drive; b. A stated order of daily prayer; a ritual, or form of celebration; c. An academic course or curriculum.
1838. Mrs. Bray, Tradit. Devonsh., I. 164. For what purpose this avenue, or cursus, was used, it is now impossible to determine.
1865. M‘Lauchlan, Early Sc. Church, xiv. 188. Whether they made use of any peculiar cursus or liturgy.
1875. McCosh, Sc. Philos., xi. 94. The University Commissioners appointed in 1643 a Cursus for Aberdeen.
1883. Athenæum, 17 March, 348/3. The line would have cut through the avenue and the cursus of Stonehenge.
