| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bethel |
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| SYLLABICATION: | beth·el |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b th  l |
| NOUN: | 1. A hallowed or holy place. 2a. A chapel for seafarers. b. Chiefly British A Nonconformist chapel, especially a Baptist or Methodist one. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew bêt ’ l, house of God : bayit, house; see byt in Appendix II + ’l, God; see  l in Appendix II.
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