Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place for the burial of unknown or indigent persons.
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- noun idiomatic A public place where
strangers ,paupers , andcriminals areburied .
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- noun a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the potter's field mentioned in Matthew 27:7.]
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This phrase derives from the reference to the potter's field in the New Testament, Matthew 27:7: ‘And they took counsel, and baught with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.’ (King James Version)
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