Difference between revisions of "Bedlam"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68909" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68909" /> == | ||
<p> [[Originally]] a lunatic asylum in London, so named from the priory "Bethlehem" in Bishopsgate, first appropriated to the purpose, [[Bedlam]] being a corruption of the name Bethlehem. </p> | <p> [[Originally]] a lunatic asylum in London, so named from the priory "Bethlehem" in Bishopsgate, first appropriated to the purpose, [[Bedlam]] being a corruption of the name Bethlehem. </p> | ||
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
Originally a lunatic asylum in London, so named from the priory "Bethlehem" in Bishopsgate, first appropriated to the purpose, Bedlam being a corruption of the name Bethlehem.
