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bethabara wood |
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bethlehem
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bethlehem has 2 senses
- bethlehem(n = noun.location) Array - a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production; Array is a kind of town
- bethlehem(n = noun.location) bayt lahm, bethlehem ephrathah, bethlehem-judah - 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; Array is a kind of town
is a part of keystone state, pa, pennsylvania
is a part of west bank
CIDE DICTIONARY
bethlehem, n. [Heb. b house of food; b house + lekhem food, lākham 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.].
- A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into
bedlam . [1913 Webster] - In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley. [1913 Webster]
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