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1anathema — ► NOUN 1) something that one vehemently dislikes: racism was anathema to her. 2) a Church decree excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine. ORIGIN Greek, thing dedicated , (later) thing devoted to evil …
2anathema — noun Etymology: Late Latin anathemat , anathema, from Greek, thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai to set up, dedicate, from ana + tithenai to place, set more at do Date: 1526 1. a. one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority b …
3anathema — [[t]ənæ̱θəmə[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N to n If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it. Violence was anathema to them …
4anathema — [ə naθəmə] noun 1》 something that one vehemently dislikes: racism was anathema to her. 2》 a formal curse of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine. Origin C16: from eccles. L., from Gk anathema thing dedicated , (later)… …
5Anathema — *Excommunication and condemnation, usually of a heretic. The word can also be used to indicate someone damned, e.g. he was anathema . Cf. Excommunication …
6anathema — noun (singular, uncountable) something that is completely the opposite of what you believe in (+ to): The idea of full blown majority rule was anathema to many Afrikaners …
7Anathema — • Placed on high, suspended, set aside Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Anathema Anathema † …
8Anathema — (in Greek Ανάθεμα) meaning originally something lifted up as an offering to the gods; later, with evolving meanings, it came to mean: # to be formally set apart, # banished, exiled, excommunicated or # denounced, sometimes… …
9anathema — 1. The meaning has changed over several centuries of use. Originally a Greek word meaning ‘a thing dedicated’ it then came to mean ‘a thing dedicated to evil; an accursed thing’ and then, in the context of the Christian Church, ‘the act or… …
10Anathema — (griech.) bezeichnet in der griech. Übersetzung des Alten Testaments und im Neuen Testament (Gal. 1, 8 und 9; 1. Kor. 16, 22; Röm. 9, 3) etwas, was dem Untergange geweiht und für immer von der Erde vertilgt sein soll. In der hiermit… …
