WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pot′ter's field′, (sometimes caps.)- Biblea piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
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potter's field n - US a cemetery where the poor or unidentified are buried at the public expense
- 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)