• (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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/aceldama/
A·cel'da·ma noun [ Greek ..., from Syr. ōkēl damō 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. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/17
the place near Jerusalem purchased with the bribe Judas took for betraying Jesus. Acts 1:18, 19. · any place of slaughter and bloodshed. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/aceldama