Bethlehem
['bɛθləhɛm]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production.
Editor: Murdoch--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
(n.) 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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Examples
- In the transportation building of the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893 one of the most conspicuous objects of attention was the model of the great Bethlehem Iron Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I was escorted as far as Bethlehem, where I rested a few days to recover from the fatigue I had undergone. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- When the Virgin fled from Herod's wrath, she hid in a grotto in Bethlehem, and the same is there to this day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The most modern method, however, is by the hydraulic press forge, now used in the shops of the Bethlehem steel works in the production of Harveyized armor plate. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A quarter of a mile away was Bethlehem of Judea, and the pilgrims took some of the stone wall and hurried on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I wept, when I saw Jerusalem, I wept when I lay in the starlight at Bethlehem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- While at Bethlehem I inquired a little into the practices of the Moravians; some of them had accompanied me, and all were very kind to me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But I happened to go to Mr. John Fritz, of the Bethlehem Steel Company, and told him what I was doing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The journey to the Dead Sea, the Jordan and Bethlehem was short, but it was an exhausting one. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem was done in a grotto; the Saviour was born in a grotto--both are shown to pilgrims yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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