1. bethlehem - Noun
2. Bethlehem - Proper noun
A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to the Hebrew Bible, Rachel was “buried on the road to Efrat, now Bethlehem.” Source: Internet
Agassiz Glacier and Agassiz Creek in Glacier National Park and Mount Agassiz in Bethlehem, New Hampshire in the White Mountains also bear his name. Source: Internet
And with the sale of the Packer Estate's interest in the Lehigh Valley Railroad (June 1, 1900), the school ceased to be known as a "railroad university". citation Fortuitously a new benefactor would take its stead: Bethlehem Steel. Source: Internet
Although the consensus was that some actual features did exist which would account for these markings, Kidger, Mark (2005) Astronomical Enigmas: Life on Mars, the Star of Bethlehem, and Other Milky Way Mysteries. p. 111. ISBN 0801880262. Source: Internet
Amsale and her newborn daughter, Bethlehem Jafar, were newly arrived in the capital, Addis Ababa. Source: Internet
A mosque dedicated to Umar was built upon the place in the city where he prayed, next to the church. citation Bethlehem then passed through the control of the Islamic caliphates of the Umayyads in the 8th century, then the Abbasids in the 9th century. Source: Internet