Bethlehem

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A hospital for lunatics;

— corrupted into bedlam.

II. Bethlehem ·noun In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.

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Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM(Βαιθλεέμ, Βηθλεέμ, Βηθλεεμίτης), a town of the tribe of Judah, six miles south of Jerusale...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Bethlehem
Bē̆thlĕhem, Bē̆thleëm, Bē̆th-lem, n. indecl., and Bē̆thlĕhēmum, i, n., =, I a town of the tribe of J...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Bethlehem
House of bread. 1) A city in the "hill country" of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Bethlehem
(house of bread). • One of the oldest towns in Palestine, already in existence at the time of Jacob...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bethlehem Hospital
See Old Bethlehem Hospital. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
(St.) Mary Bethlehem
See Old Bethlehem Hospital. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Bethlehem Church Yard
See Bethlem Burying Ground. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Bethlehem Hospital Chapel
The little chapell of Beelem wythout Bisshops Gate (Arnold's Chronicle, 1500-1521, p. 255). Taken d...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Chapel of Bethlehem
See Bethlehem Hospital Chapel. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Old Bethlehem Hospital
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Founded by Simon Fitz Mary, She...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
star of Bethlehem
. The Old World plant is Ornithogalum umbellatum; the name is given in Australiato Chamaescilla cory...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris