About The Word Aceldama
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What's The Definition Of Aceldama?Synonyms | Synonyms for Aceldama: Related Terms | Find terms related to Aceldama: abattoir | battle line | battle site | battlefield | battleground | Belsen | butchery | combat area | combat zone | concentration camp | DMZ | enemy line | field | field of battle | field of blood | firing line | front line | gas chamber | killing ground | landing beach | line | line of battle | seat of war | shambles | slaughterhouse | stockyard | the front | theater | theater of operations | theater of war | zone of communications See Also | Aceldama In Webster's Dictionary \A*cel"da*ma\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Syr. [=o]k[=e]l dam[=o]
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.
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