anathema
(noun) a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
anathema, bete noire
(noun) a detested person; āhe is an anathema to meā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anathema (plural anathemas or anathemata)
(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]
Synonyms: ban, curse
(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
Synonym: bĆŖte noire
(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
(ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [from 1520s]
Source: Wiktionary
A*nath"e*ma, n.; pl. Anathemas. Etym: [L. anath, fr. Gr. anath, fr. Gr. 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 Etym: (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."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
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