1. a place of bloodshed or slaughter; a field of blood (from the biblical Aramaic name for a burial ground purchased with the money Judas received for betraying Jesus)
Usage: often capitalized when referring to the biblical location; literary or formal usage; biblical/religious reference

Examples

• The battlefield became an aceldamas after the fierce conflict.
• The ancient text referred to the site as an aceldamas, a place of great tragedy.
• In religious studies, Aceldamas holds significant meaning in Christian tradition.
• The historian described the massacre as an aceldamas of the medieval period.