01 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…
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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. Also: the field of blood“The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama.” — De Quincey.