Definition of potter's field in English:

potter's field

noun

historical

A burial place for paupers and strangers.
〈史〉义地，义冢
Example sentencesExamples
- In its earliest incarnation, from the 1790s through 1825, Washington Square was a potter's field and the site of public executions and corporal punishments.
- This caring is best symbolized by their efforts to save each other from the potter's field.
- A potter's field was bought and it was made into a foreigners' cemetery, and it was appropriately called ‘Field of Blood’ from then on.
- And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
- The interesting part of this, though, is that Washington Square Park in New York was once a potter's field, too.
- If we can see through them with a clear eye, we will see what he saw, which is that the field of human history and human political effort is a potter's field, a field of blood.

Origin

The name of an area of land near Jerusalem bought for this purpose with the money given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus (Matt. 27:7).

Definition of potter's field in US English:

potter's field

nounˈpädərz ˌfēld

historical

A burial place for paupers and strangers.
〈史〉义地，义冢
Example sentencesExamples
- This caring is best symbolized by their efforts to save each other from the potter's field.
- The interesting part of this, though, is that Washington Square Park in New York was once a potter's field, too.
- In its earliest incarnation, from the 1790s through 1825, Washington Square was a potter's field and the site of public executions and corporal punishments.
- And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
- A potter's field was bought and it was made into a foreigners' cemetery, and it was appropriately called ‘Field of Blood’ from then on.
- If we can see through them with a clear eye, we will see what he saw, which is that the field of human history and human political effort is a potter's field, a field of blood.

Origin

The name of an area of land near Jerusalem bought for this purpose with the money given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus (Matt. 27:7).

词汇	potter's field
释义	Definition of potter's field in English: potter's field noun historical A burial place for paupers and strangers. 〈史〉义地，义冢 Example sentencesExamples In its earliest incarnation, from the 1790s through 1825, Washington Square was a potter's field and the site of public executions and corporal punishments. This caring is best symbolized by their efforts to save each other from the potter's field. A potter's field was bought and it was made into a foreigners' cemetery, and it was appropriately called ‘Field of Blood’ from then on. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. The interesting part of this, though, is that Washington Square Park in New York was once a potter's field, too. If we can see through them with a clear eye, we will see what he saw, which is that the field of human history and human political effort is a potter's field, a field of blood. Origin The name of an area of land near Jerusalem bought for this purpose with the money given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus (Matt. 27:7). Definition of potter's field in US English: potter's field nounˈpädərz ˌfēld historical A burial place for paupers and strangers. 〈史〉义地，义冢 Example sentencesExamples This caring is best symbolized by their efforts to save each other from the potter's field. The interesting part of this, though, is that Washington Square Park in New York was once a potter's field, too. In its earliest incarnation, from the 1790s through 1825, Washington Square was a potter's field and the site of public executions and corporal punishments. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. A potter's field was bought and it was made into a foreigners' cemetery, and it was appropriately called ‘Field of Blood’ from then on. If we can see through them with a clear eye, we will see what he saw, which is that the field of human history and human political effort is a potter's field, a field of blood. Origin The name of an area of land near Jerusalem bought for this purpose with the money given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus (Matt. 27:7).
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