potter's field
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potter's field
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This phrase derives from the reference to the potter's field in the New Testament, Matthew 27:7. After Judas Iscariot committed suicide and left the 30 pieces of silver from betraying Jesus, the chief priest use the money to purchase a potter's field to bury gentiles.
noun potter's fields · pottersfield
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A public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried.
The despised pauper, most likely a foreigner, when his spirit has gone to its final resting-place, is probably carried to the Potter's Field.
Similar: pauper's grave, common grave
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