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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
anathema \anath"ema\, n.; pl. anathemas. l. anathe^ma,
fr. gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also l.
anath=ema, 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.
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they denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
--priestley.
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2. an imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
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finally she fled to london followed by the anathemas
of both families. --thackeray.
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3. any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by
ecclesiastical authority.
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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.
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anathema maranathasee --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."
1913 webster anathematic
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anathemas thesis anathema maranatha
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