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A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.

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  1. n. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
  2. n. In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.
  3. 1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam. 2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley.
  4. In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a churchedifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley.
  5. n. a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production n. 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