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Aceldama

//əˈsɛldəmə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Aceldama. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter.

    "[…] a regiment already for some hours glorified and hallowed to the ear of all London, as lying stretched, by a large majority, upon one bloody aceldama […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἀκελδαμάχ (Akeldamákh), from Aramaic חקל (“field”) + דמא (“blood”).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀκελδαμάχ (Akeldamákh), from Aramaic חקל (“field”) + דמא (“blood”).

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