Crossword clues for aceldama
aceldama
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aceldama \A*cel"da*ma\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Syr. [=o]k[=e]l dam[=o] the field of blood.] 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. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
The system of warfare . . . which had already converted
immense tracts into one universal aceldama.
--De
Quincey.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., potter's field near Jerusalem purchased with the blood-money given to Judas Iscariot, literally "place of bloodshed," from Greek Akeldama, from an Aramaic phrase akin to Syriac haqal dema "the field of blood."
Wiktionary
n. 1 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''. 2 (context figuratively English) A field of bloodshed.
Usage examples of "aceldama".
What odds the yard had been turned into an Aceldama, if the System had been defied?
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.