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Bethlehem

See also:Bethléhem

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Etymology

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InheritedfromMiddle EnglishBethleem,fromOld FrenchBethleem,fromLatinBēthlehēmum,fromAncient GreekΒηθλεέμ(Bēthleém),fromHebrewבֵּית לֶחֶם(bēṯ lɛ́ḥɛm,literally“house of bread”).Doubletofbedlam.

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  • IPA(key):/ˈbɛθləhɛm/,/ˈbɛθlihɛm/
  • Audio(Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

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Bethlehem

  2. A city in theWest Bank,Palestine,believed to be thebirthplaceofJesus.
  3. A number of other places around the world:
    1. AhamletnearRottum,Groningenprovince,Netherlands.
    2. Asettlementjust west ofTauranga,Bay of Plenty,New Zealand.[1]
    3. A town inFree Stateprovince,South Africa.
    4. A quarter ofBümpliz-Oberbottigen,city ofBern,Switzerland.
    5. A small village inLlangadogcommunity,Carmarthenshire,Wales(OSgrid ref SN6825).
    6. AhamletinRudbaxtoncommunity,Pembrokeshire,Wales(OS grid ref SM9820).
    7. A number of places in theUnited States:
      1. A town inLitchfield County,Connecticut.
      2. AnunincorporatedcommunityinHolmes County,Florida.
      3. A town inBarrow County,Georgia.
      4. Atownshipandunincorporatedcommunitytherein, inClark County,Indiana.
      5. AnunincorporatedcommunityinHenry County,Kentucky.
      6. AnunincorporatedcommunityinWinn Parish,Louisiana.
      7. AnunincorporatedcommunityinCaroline County,Maryland.
      8. Acensus-designated placeinMarshall County,Mississippi.
      9. A town andcensus-designated placetherein, inGrafton County,New Hampshire.
      10. A town inAlbany County,New York.
      11. Acensus-designated placeinAlexander County,North Carolina.
      12. Aghost towninMarion County,Ohio.
      13. AnunincorporatedcommunityinRichland County,Ohio.
      14. A city inNorthampton CountyandLehigh County,Pennsylvania.
      15. AnunincorporatedcommunityinWayne County,Tennessee.
      16. AnunincorporatedcommunityinHarrison County,West Virginia.
      17. A village inOhio County,West Virginia.
      18. A number of othertownshipsin theUnited States,listed underBethlehem Township

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Noun

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Bethlehem(pluralBethlehems)

  1. (obsolete)Alunatic asylum.
  2. (architecture)In theEthiopicchurch,a small building attached to a churchedifice,in which thebreadfor theEucharistis made.
    • 1869,John Baron,Anglosaxon witness on four alleged requisites for holy communion:
      […]to the Hebrew and Arabic word “korban” as now used in the Abyssinian Church to denote the sacramental bread specially prepared in the “Bethlehem,”or “House of Bread.”
    • 1882,William Audsley, George Ashdown Audsley,Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts,page200:
      A small building, attached to Ethiopic churches, usually at the eastern end of the sacrarium, in which the deacon prepares and bakes the bread for use in the eucharist. This building is called theBethlehem,or “house of bread.”
    • 2006,Geoffrey Wainwright, Robert Earl Cushman, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker,The Oxford History of Christian Worship,page143:
      The deacon rings a bell when bread is brought from thebethlehemto themaqdasand at other liturgical times
    • 2014,Bryan D. Spinks,Do this in Remembrance of Me,page174:
      The priests and deacons assigned to the service wash their feet and hands, usually near the 'Bethlehem'.

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  1. ^NZ Topo Map

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromLatinBēthlehēmum,Bēthleëm,fromAncient GreekΒηθλεέμ(Bēthleém),fromHebrewבֵּית לֶחֶם(bet léchem,“house of bread”).

The hamlet is first attested asBethlehemin 1502 and is named after a former monastery, which was named in turn after the city in Palestine.

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  • IPA(key):/ˈbɛt.leːˌɦɛm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:Beth‧le‧hem

Proper noun

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Bethlehemn

  1. Bethlehem(a city in theWest Bank,Palestine)
  2. AhamletinHet Hogeland,Groningen,Netherlands

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈbeːt.ləˌhɛm/,/-ˌheːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:Beth‧le‧hem

Proper noun

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Bethlehemn(proper noun,genitiveBethlehemsor(optionally with an article)Bethlehem)

  1. Bethlehem(a city inPalestine)

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Bēthlehemn(indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form ofBēthlehēmum

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Middle English

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Bethlehem

  1. Alternative form ofBethleem
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