Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bethlehem \Beth"le*hem\, n. [Heb. b?th-lekhem house of food;
   b?th house + lekhem food, l[=a]kham to eat. Formerly the name
   of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the
   priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. {Bedlam}.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

Bethlehem
     n 1: a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River northwest
          of Philadelphia; an important center for steel
          production
     2: 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 [syn: {Bayt Lahm}, {Bethlehem Ephrathah}, {Bethlehem-Judah}]