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Complete Definition of "aceldama"

English

Etymology
Greek, from Syriac �k�l dam� the field of blood

Pronunciation
ac-el-da*ma

Noun
aceldama

  1. 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. - w:Thomas De Quincey|De Quincey

Translations
Latin: aceldama

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