Aceldama
//əˈsɛldəmə// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Aceldama. alt-of, alternative
- 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 […]"
Proper Noun
- 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.
Example
More examples"[…] 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
From Ancient Greek Ἀκελδαμάχ (Akeldamákh), from Aramaic חקל (“field”) + דמא (“blood”).
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