† Bethlehemiten.
Obsolete.
One of an order of monks existing in England in the 13th century; they wore a five-rayed star upon the breast, in memory of the star which announced the Nativity of Christ at Bethlehem.
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1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
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