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| == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_95311" /> ==
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| <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The European carrion crow. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. </p>
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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50073" /> ==
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| <p> <strong> BRAN </strong> . The burning of bran for incense is mentioned in Bar 6:43 as an accompaniment of the idolatrous worship of the women of Babylon. </p>
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_27196" /> ==
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| <p> ( '''''Πίτυρα''''' '')'' occurs only in the account of the [[Babylonian]] women in the apocryphal [[Epistle]] of Jeremiah ( Baruch 6:43), with reference to some idolatrous custom not elsewhere distinctly mentioned (see Fritzsche, ''Handb.'' in loc.): "The women also, with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume," etc., referring to the infamous practice of prostitution mentioned by [[Herodotus]] (i, 199). (See [[Babylon]]). </p> | | <p> ( '''''Πίτυρα''''' '')'' occurs only in the account of the [[Babylonian]] women in the apocryphal [[Epistle]] of Jeremiah ( Baruch 6:43), with reference to some idolatrous custom not elsewhere distinctly mentioned (see Fritzsche, ''Handb.'' in loc.): "The women also, with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume," etc., referring to the infamous practice of prostitution mentioned by [[Herodotus]] (i, 199). (See [[Babylon]]). </p> |
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1857" /> ==
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| <p> (τὰ πίτυρα , <i> ''''' tá pı́tura ''''' </i> ): The women of Babylon are described as burning "bran for incense" in their unchaste idolatrous worship (Baruch 6:43). </p>
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| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69737" /> ==
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| <p> Name given to Fingal's dog. </p>
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| | | <ref name="term_27194"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bran+(2) Bran from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_95311"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/bran Bran from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_50073"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/bran Bran from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_27196"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bran Bran from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_1857"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/bran Bran from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_69737"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/bran Bran from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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