Meaning of Bethlehem | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
2. A lunatic asylum.
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3. A number of other places around the world:
4. A hamlet near Rottum, Groningen province, Netherlands.
5. In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.
6. A settlement just west of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
7. A town in the Free State province, South Africa.
8. A quarter of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, city of Bern, Switzerland.
9. A small village in Llangadog community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6825).
10. A hamlet in Rudbaxton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9820).
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
13. An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Florida.
14. A town in Barrow County, Georgia.
15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Indiana.
16. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Kentucky.
17. An unincorporated community in Winn Parish, Louisiana.
18. An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland.
19. A census-designated place in Marshall County, Mississippi.
20. A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
21. A town in Albany County, New York.
22. A census-designated place in Alexander County, North Carolina.
23. A ghost town in Marion County, Ohio.
24. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Ohio.
25. A city in Northampton County and Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
26. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
27. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
28. A village in Ohio County, West Virginia.
29. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Bethlehem Township

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Examples

“Now when Ieſus was boꝛne in Bethlehem of Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the king, behold, there came Wiſe men from the Eaſt to Hierusalem,”

“[…] 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.””

“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 the Bethlehem, or “house of bread.””

“The deacon rings a bell when bread is brought from the bethlehem to the maqdas and at other liturgical times”

“The priests and deacons assigned to the service wash their feet and hands, usually near the 'Bethlehem'.”

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