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7 words match “BETHLEHEM”

BETHLEHEM n. 2 definitions
A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
BETHLEHEMITE; BETHLEMITE n. 3 definitions
An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
BIRTHNIGHT n.
a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years. The angelic song in Bethlehem field, On thy birthnight, that sung thee Savior born. Milton.
CHILDERMAS DAY n.
ember 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
EPIPHANY n.
the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
TEN-O'CLOCK n.
A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.
TOM ' BEDLAM n.
Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, Eng.; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite.