ANATHEMA
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A*nath"e*ma (&unr_;), n.; pl. Anathemas (&unr_;). [L. anathĕma, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anath&ē;ma, fr. Gr. &unr_; a votive offering; all fr. &unr_; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; 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 Maranatha (&unr_;) (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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