Bethlehemite

English

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Etymology

From Bethlehem +‎ -ite.

Noun

Bethlehemite (plural Bethlehemites)

  1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
    • 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 218:
      Faris, the only Bethlehemite in the cast, was striding along with a tour-guide air, visibly pleased to have us on his turf.
  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.
    • 1891, Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society:
      I grafted the Bethlehemite, spoken of by Mr. Ferris, twenty years ago in wild crab.

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