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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Encyclopedias
Lobe

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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any round projecting part, specifically the lower part of the external ear, one of the parts into which the liver is divided, also one of several parts of the brain, divided by marked fissures (see Liver and Brain). The Greek Xosos, from which "lobe" is derived, was applied to the lobe of the ear and of the liver, and to the pod of a leguminous plant.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lobe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/lobe.html. 1910.
 
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