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potter's field

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potter's field
n.
A place for the burial of unknown or indigent persons.
[From the potter's field mentioned in Matthew 27:7.]
potter's field
n
1. US a cemetery where the poor or unidentified are buried at the public expense
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) New Testament the land bought by the Sanhedrin with the money paid for the betrayal of Jesus (which Judas had returned to them) to be used as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor (Acts 1:19; Matthew 27:7)
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Noun1.potter's fieldpotter's field - a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis - a tract of land used for burials


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In the register of the potter's field I shall soon have both.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
It's quite clear her heart is as insensible to eloquence and poetry, as a Potter's Field wall, and it might answer to try her with a little truth.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Ona was not yet buried; but the police had been notified, and on the morrow they would put the body in a pine coffin and take it to the potter's field.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
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