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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bedlam /ˈbɛdləm/

▶noun

1 a scene of uproar and confusion.

2 archaic an asylum.

– origin ME: early form of Bethlehem, referring to the hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London, used as an asylum for the insane.

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