potter's field (redirected from potter's fields)

potter's field

n.

A place for the burial of unknown or indigent persons.

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[From the potter's field mentioned in Matthew 27:7.]

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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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potter'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