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[syn: Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bethlehem \Beth"le*hem\, n. [Heb. b[=e]th-lekhem house of food;
b[=e]th house + lekhem food, l[=a]kham to eat. Formerly the
name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been
the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. Bedlam.]
1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached
to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist
is made. --Audsley.
[1913 Webster] Bethlehemite
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Bethlehem
n 1: a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the
northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel
production
2: a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan
River; early home of David and regarded as the place where
Jesus was born [syn: Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah]