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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aceldama'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/aceldama.html. 1828.
 
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