Bema

Definition: Bema

Bema

Noun

1. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.

Date "bema" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)

Etymology: Bema \Be"ma\, noun. [Greek expression step, platform.]. (Websters 1913)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Bema

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BEMA	English	Business Equipment Manufacturers Association	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Bema

Synonyms: chancel (n), sanctuary (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Bema

Domain	Title
References	Bema Gold Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	1 Brygada Artylerii Armat, 1943-1945 : dzieje 1 Warszawskiej Brygady Artylerii Armat im. gen. Jâozefa Bema (reference) ÂSladami genera�a Bema (reference) BEMA GOLD CORP.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference) Dawa Bema, the Uncertain Monk (Children Around the World) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Bema

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Bema, Dartmouth Park, Hanover, N.H.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bema

"Bema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Bema" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	66.67%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	33.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Bema

Country	Name
Canada	Bema Gold Corporation
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bema

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bema gold	21
bema	16
bema seat	8
bema casale cerro chile gold in	3
bema gold corporation	3
bema hotel	3
amsterdam bema hotel	2
bema immobilien	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bema

Language		Translations for "bema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		biogen emission i Middelhavsområde (Biogenic Emissions in the Mediterranean Area). (various references)

Dutch		biogene emissies in het mediterrane gebied (Biogenic Emissions in the Mediterranean Area). (various references)

French		émissions biosynthétiques en région méditerranéenne. (various references)

German		biogene Emissionen in Mittelmeerraum (Biogenic Emissions in the Mediterranean Area). (various references)

Greek		βιογενείς εκπομπές στην περιοχή της Μεσογείου (Biogenic Emissions in the Mediterranean Area). (various references)

Italian		emissioni biogene nelle regioni mediterranee (Biogenic Emissions in the Mediterranean Area). (various references)

Pig Latin		emabay

Portuguese		emissões biogénicas na área mediterrãnica (Biogenic Emissions in the Mediterranean Area). (various references)

Spanish		emisiones biogénicas en la región del Mediterráneo (Biogenic Emissions in the Mediterranean Area). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bema

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bema": bemadam, bemadamed, bemadaming, bemadams, bemadden, bemaddened, bemaddening, bemaddens, bemas, bemata. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bema" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bama, bami, bamo, bamsa, bbem, bdma, beba, beca, Beeman, beena, befa, Behm, Beja, bem, Bemac, Bemal, beman, bemas, bemax, beme, Bemei, bemel, bemi, bemo, bemoad, bemow, bems, Bemy, Benba, Benja, berma, beva, Beya, beza, biha, bima, bimah, Biman, bimas, bimo, blesmag, bmaa, Bmac, Bmya, boma, Bomi, Bomza, Bremag, buam, bumah, Cbema, ebam, ebm, ema, fema, gema, nema, Obama. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bema"

Words rhyming with "bema" (pronounced 'Be"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Diastema, Diatryma, Digamma, Dilemma, Diorama, Diploma, Dogma, Drachma, Drama, Ecphonema, Ecthyma, Edriophthalma, Emphysema, Empyema, Empyreuma, Encauma, Enchondroma, Enchylemma, Endophragma, Endoplasma, Enigma, Epiblema. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Bema

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: beam, mabe.
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-m"
	-1 letter: bam, mae.
	-2 letters: ab, ae, am, ba, be, em, ma, me.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-m"
	+1 letter: abeam, amber, amble, ameba, beams, beamy, bemas, blame, bream, embar, embay, gambe, jambe, mabes, maybe.
	+2 letters: ambage, ambeer, ambers, ambery, ambled, ambler, ambles, amebae, ameban, amebas, amebic, amoeba, badmen, bagmen, bammed, barmen, barmie, batmen, baymen, beamed, becalm, became, bedamn, bedlam, beldam, bemata, bemean, bemoan, bename, blamed, blamer, blames, breams, bregma, byname, cabmen, camber, crambe, embalm, embank, embark, embars, embays, ferbam, flambe, gambes, gamble, jambed, jambes, lambed, lamber, lambie, marble, maybes, ramble, umbrae, wamble.
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