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bethels

bethels is the plural of bethel.

Meaning of bethel

Noun

bethel (plural bethels)

  1. A holy place.
  2. A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
    • Six thousand of this number constitute the seafaring portion of the floating population of New York and Brooklyn, and for their particular accommodation there are, of mission stations and bethels, fifteen places that invite the sailor to hear the Word of God.1866, W. D. Bridge, L. A. Bosworth, editors, Methodist Centenary Convention: A Phonographic Report of the Debates and Addresses, B. B. Russell & Co., page 213
  3. A chapter of Job's Daughters International.

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Questions about bethels

What is bethels the plural of?
Bethels is the plural of bethel.

Words near bethels in the dictionary

  1. Bethel Park
  2. Bethelite
  3. Bethelites
  4. Bethell
  5. Bethell process
  6. bethels
  7. betherel
  8. Bethersden
  9. bethes
  10. Bethesda
  11. Bethesda system

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