| 单词 |
Aceldama |
| 释义 |
Aceldama
[a. ἀκελδαµά, the Gr. representation of an Aramaic phrase, Chal. ḥaqēl d⊇mâ, Syr. ōkēl damō the field of blood.]
The name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot. Hence fig. A field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery.
1382Wyclif Acts i. 19 Thilke feeld was clepid Achildemak [1388 Acheldemak] in the langage of hem, that is the feeld of blood. 1611Ibid. That field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. a1658Cleveland Content (1687) 38 In this dark way Of Death, this Scarlet-streak'd Aceldama. 1658R. Franck North. Mem. (1821) 20 Are not the nations about us like an acaldemy of blood, that darkens the air? 1742Young Night Th. vi. 103 Love Divine, Which lifts us..From earth's aceldama, this field of blood. 1756Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. I. 22 What an Aceldama, what a field of blood Sicily has been in ancient times. 1859De Quincey The Cæsars Wks. X. 175 All brought their tributes of beauty or deformity to these vast aceldamas of Rome. |
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