[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.
      1913 webster

            they denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
                                                  --priestley.
      1913 webster

   2. an imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   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
see also:
anathemas thesis anathema maranatha 

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