1. a place of bloodshed or slaughter; a field of blood
Usage: biblical reference; often capitalized when referring to the specific place in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament

Examples

• The ancient battlefield became known as an aceldama, a grim reminder of the conflict.
• In the New Testament, Aceldama refers to the field purchased with Judas's thirty pieces of silver.
• The war-torn region was described as an aceldama after the brutal fighting ended.
• Medieval chroniclers used the term aceldama to describe sites of great carnage.
• The massacre transformed the peaceful valley into an aceldama.