Anathema
Anathema ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin anathema, from Greek {not transcribed} anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also Latin anathēma, from Greek {not transcribed} a votive offering; all from {not transcribed} to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; {not transcribed} up + {not transcribed} 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.
[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
2.
An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families].
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.
Collocations (1)
Anathema Maranatha , an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.”