Aceldama
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) the place near Jerusalem purchased with the bribe Judas took for betraying Jesus.
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any place of slaughter and bloodshed.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Aceldama
From Latin, from Greek Akeldamá, from Aramaic ḥăgēl dəmā “field of blood”
Example Sentences
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Aceldama A place with dreadful associations. animadversion Strong criticism. approbate Sanction officially; authorize. arbitrament Arbitrating; arbitration.
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by William Henry Seward
Little wonder those who passed through the fiery Aceldama that was to come, afterwards looked back on this scene as the fairest in their lives.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
The eye of love proved keener than the eye of gratitude, and the Saxon lady even in that Aceldama knew her Harold.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
That is our Aceldama, our Potter's Field, only approached by the athletic, who keep their eyes from Nature's indiscretion by vigorous sets of tennis in the purple shadow of the cliff.
From Mince Pie by Christopher Morley
And the north was Gethsemane, without leaf or bloom, A garden sealed; And the south was Aceldama, for a sanguine fume Hid all the field.
From Songs Before Sunrise by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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