Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Bethleem
bethink (bethought)Bethlehem (-'s, Bethleem)
Bethleem, proper n. [Gk. form of Heb.; see Bethlehem, proper n.]
Resort in the White Mountains of New Hampshire; town where Mrs. Helen Hunt vacationed; [word play on “bedlam”] lunacy; madness; Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem; London asylum for mentally ill people.
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