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Noun
/ˈbedləm/,
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bedlams, plural;
  1. A scene of uproar and confusion
    • - there was bedlam in the courtroom
  2. A former insane asylum in London

  3. Used allusively to refer to any insane asylum

  1. chaos: a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  2. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  3. Bedlam was an English rock band formed by Cozy Powell and the Ball brothers in November 1972, first known as Beast.
  4. Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson) is a fictional character, a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He originally possessed the mutant ability to create and project a bio-EM field. This has the effect of temporarily disabling any similarly powered technology in the vicinity. ...
  5. Bedlam is an EP by Twilightning, released March 27, 2006, on the label Universal International.
  6. The Exemplars is a fictional group appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. It was made up of eight humans - Bedlam, Carnivore, Conquest, Decay, Inferno, Juggernaut, Stonecutter, and Tempest - who were empowered by the Octessence.
  7. Bedlam (1946) is a film starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee, and was the last in a series of stylish B films produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures. The film was inspired by William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress, and Hogarth was given a writing credit.
  8. Bedlam is a young adult novel by Ally Kennen, published on January 5, 2009. It is nominated for the 2010 Carnegie Medal. Like Beast and Berserk, there will be a new edition of the book in May which features a new cover.
  9. Bedlam is a small village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England situated north of Harrogate.
  10. (Bedlams) The Bethlem Royal Hospital of London is a psychiatric hospital at Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. Although no longer in its original location and buildings, it is recognised as the world's first and oldest institution to specialise in the mentally ill. ...
  11. A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails
  12. n.s. [corrupted from Bethlehem, the name of a religious house in London, converted afterwards into an hospital for the mad and lunatick.]
  13. the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, founded as a priory in 1247; by 1402, it was a hospital or asylum for lunatics; by extension, any madhouse (1663); hence, any scene of mad confusion (1667).
  14. is a dungeon in Malas introduced with the Mondain's Legacy expansion. It can be entered by double-clicking the Iron Maiden standing up against the north wall in the healer's shop in the city of Umbra.
  15. a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion
  16. a kind of madness that falls upon Changelings who stray too far from the mortal world.
  17. winter camp (3 day/2 night) at Joy Bible Camp in Bancroft, Ontario for middle schoolers and their leaders.
  18. Chaotic and apparently disorganized activity. Today the word is not capitalized. A few hundred years ago in England the noun meant the Hospital of St. Mary's of Bethlehem, an insane asylum. The hospital was not in Bethlehem; it was in London. ...