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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She has seen that probably for centuries to come all the contests of that Aceldama, the European world, will be contests of inveterate power and emerging right.
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry
Aceldama, a-sel′da-ma, n. a field of blood—the name given to the field outside Jerusalem bought with the blood-money of Jesus.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The location of Aceldama, the field of blood, has been disputed, but some consider that it was on the hill above the valley of Hinnom.
From A Trip Abroad by Janes, Don Carlos
She has seen that probably for centuries to come, all the contests of that Aceldama, the European World, will be contests between inveterate power and emerging right.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
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)
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