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

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

To the trumpet's blare, And paweth the earth's Aceldama?

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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 Swinburne, Algernon Charles

It was no easy matter, on that crowded, confused Aceldama, and the afternoon was well-nigh spent before Russell, faint and weary, descried Dr. Arnold busily using his instruments in a group of wounded.

From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

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

From Napoleon the Little by Hugo, Victor