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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BETH'LEMITE, n. An inhabitant of Bethlehem; a lunatic.
1. In church history, the Bethlemites were a sort of Monks, introduced into England in the year 1257, who were habited like the Dominicans, except that they wore a star with five rays, in memory of the comet or star which appeared over Bethlehem at the nativity of our Savior. There is an order of Bethlemites also in Peru.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bethlehemite Beth"le*hem*ite, Bethlemite Beth"lem*ite, n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea. 2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite. 3. One of an extinct English order of monks.