aceldama
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2ADJ.
bloody, turned
PREP.
into, upon
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noun
Alternative form of Aceldama.
name
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.
noun
A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter.
[…] a regiment already for some hours glorified and hallowed to the ear of all London, as lying stretched, by a large majority, upon one bloody aceldama […]
Our own trenches had been knocked silly, and all the area of attack had been turned into an Aceldama.
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2[…] a regiment already for some hours glorified and hallowed to the ear of all London, as lying stretched, by a large majority, upon one bloody aceldama […]
WiktionaryOur own trenches had been knocked silly, and all the area of attack had been turned into an Aceldama.
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