Bethlehemites, (1) a monastic order existing in England in the 13th century, who had a monastery at Cambridge, founded in 1257.—(2) A military order established by a bull of Pius II. in 1459, to provide a bulwark against the attacks of the Turks.—(3) A society founded in Guatemala about 1659, and raised to an order by Innocent XI. in 1687.—The followers of John Huss were styled Bethlehemites, from Bethlehem Church in Prague, where their leader preached.
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