Aceldama

American  

[uh-sel-duh-muh, uh-kel-] / əˈsɛl də mə, əˈkɛl- /

Also Akeldama

noun

1. (in the Bible) the place near Jerusalem purchased with the bribe Judas took for betraying Jesus.

2. any place of slaughter and bloodshed.

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Aceldama British  

/ əˈsɛldəmə /

noun

1. New Testament the place near Jerusalem that was bought with the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19)

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Etymology

Origin of Aceldama

From Latin, from Greek Akeldamá, from Aramaic ḥăgēl dəmā “field of blood”

Example Sentences

Do you remember Aceldama And the jackal barking in the night?

From The Ballad of St. Barbara And Other Verses by Chesterton, Gilbert Keith

Thanks to Louis Bonaparte, this revered field of the Federation may in future be called Aceldama.

From Napoleon the Little by Hugo, Victor

Aceldama has been cleansed, but redemption seems to tarry.

From Victory out of Ruin by Maclean, Norman

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 Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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 Morley, Christopher