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Aceldama \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.
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The system of warfare . . . which had already converted
immense tracts into one universal aceldama. --De
Quincey.
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