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Anathema Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Anathema? [n] a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication [n] a detested person; "he is an anathema to me" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Anathema: bete noire Related Terms \| Find terms related to Anathema: abhorrence \| abomination \| antipathy \| arraignment \| aversion \| ban \| bete noire \| blame \| blasphemy \| bugbear \| castigation \| censure \| commination \| condemnation \| curse \| damnation \| decrial \| denouncement \| denunciation \| detestation \| evil eye \| excommunication \| excoriation \| execration \| flaying \| fulmination \| fustigation \| hate \| hex \| impeachment \| imprecation \| indictment \| leper \| malediction \| malison \| malocchio \| outcast \| pariah \| peeve \| pet peeve \| phobia \| pillorying \| proscription \| reprehension \| reprobation \| reproof \| skinning alive \| stricture \| thundering \| untouchable \| whammy See Also \| condemnation \| curse \| disagreeable person \| execration \| unpleasant person Anathema In Webster's Dictionary \Anath"ema\, n.; pl. {Anathemas}. [L. anath?ma, fr. Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anath?ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See {Thesis}.] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. --Priestley. 2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. --Thackeray. 3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. --Locke. {Anathema Maranatha}(see --1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, ``Our Lord cometh.''

Anathema Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anathema?

[n] a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
[n] a detested person; "he is an anathema to me"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anathema: bete noire

Anathema In Webster's Dictionary

\A*nath"e*ma\, n.; pl. {Anathemas}. [L. anath?ma, fr.
Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L.
anath?ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as
a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See {Thesis}.]
1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by
   ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by
   excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as
   accursed.

         [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
                                               --Priestley.

2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

         Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas
         of both [families].                   --Thackeray.

3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by
   ecclesiastical authority.

         The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to
         destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to
         save them from it, to become an anathema, and be
         destroyed himself.                    --Locke.

{Anathema Maranatha}(see --1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression
   commonly considered as a highly intensified form of
   anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate
   sentence, meaning, ``Our Lord cometh.''

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