Definition of Aceldema
A*cel"da*ma (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. Syr.
ōkēl damō the field of blood.] The potter's
field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which
Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of
blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
The system of warfare . . . which had already converted
immense tracts into one universal aceldama.
De Quincey.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood. Figuratively: A field of bloodshed
Quotations
*The system of warfare ... which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. - De Quincey
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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