hakeldama

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Definition of hakeldama in German English dictionary

aceldama

A field of bloodshed

The system of warfare ... which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. - De Quincey.

A blood soaked battlefield

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

The potters 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. Figuratively: A field of bloodshed

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