Associations to the word «Aceldama»

Wiktionary

ACELDAMA, noun. 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.
ACELDAMA, noun. (figuratively) A field of bloodshed.

Wise words

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