Eccl. Antiq. [ad. OF. farsir, in pa. pple. latinized as farcitus: see FARCE sb.] trans. To amplify (a liturgical formula) by the insertion of certain words; to provide (an epistle) with a ‘farse’ or interpolated vernacular comment. Also, to insert (a passage) by way of ‘farse.’
1857. Ecclesiologist, XVIII. Aug., 204. A very curious farced Epistle from the same book, for the Holy Innocents.
1877. J. D. Chambers, Divine Worship, 320. In the Ferial Office, the ‘Kyrie’ was simple, not farsed…. Between each Kyrie is farsed, or interpolated successively, one of the ten Commandments.
transf. 1875. H. T. Kingdon, Fasting Communion, 11. A wonderful instance of ‘farsed’ history.
