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Anathema
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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 \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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