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Bethlemite

Bethlemite is the alternative form of Bethlehemite.

Meaning of Bethlehemite

Noun

Bethlehemite (plural Bethlehemites)

  1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
    • Faris, the only Bethlehemite in the cast, was striding along with a tour-guide air, visibly pleased to have us on his turf.2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 218
  2. (historical) Member of an extinct English order of friars.
  3. (historical) Member of a Spanish order of friars, founded in 1653 and refounded in 1984.
  4. A particular apple cultivar.
    • I grafted the Bethlehemite, spoken of by Mr. Ferris, twenty years ago in wild crab.1891, Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society

Forms of Bethlemite

pluralBethlemites

Questions about Bethlemite

What is Bethlemite the alternative form of?
Bethlemite is the alternative form of Bethlehemite.

Words near Bethlemite in the dictionary

  1. Bethlehem sage
  2. Bethlehemic
  3. Bethlehemite
  4. Bethlehemites
  5. Bethlehems
  6. Bethlemite
  7. Bethlemites
  8. Bethnal Green
  9. bethonged
  10. bethorned
  11. bethought

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bethlemite (page history and authors); Bethlehemite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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