Anathema

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

II. Anathema ·noun Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

III. Anathema ·noun A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.

Related Words

anathema
ănăthēmă, ătis, n., = ἀνάθημα, an offering , a gift , Prud. Psych. 540: in anathema oblivionis, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Anathema
separated; set apart ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Anathema
Anything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as sacred. In this se...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Anathema
which literally means a thing suspended, is the equivalent of the Hebrew word signifying a thing or ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary