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    Where does the term "bedlam" originate?

    Question #43129. Asked by peasypod. (Jan 08 04 8:47 PM)


    jbean

    		The name of the place was Bedlam before the term came to mean chaos and lunacy.

    Jan 08 04, 9:11 PM
    DerekT

    		It was a corruption of the name of a hospital called St. Mary's of Bethlehem in London, apparently a school of music and a hospital for mental patients.

    Jan 08 04, 9:41 PM

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