anathema
31anathema — [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)… …
32anathema — n. (pl. anathemas) 1 a detested thing or person (is anathema to me). 2 a a curse of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine. b a cursed thing or person. c a strong curse. Etymology: eccl.L, = excommunicated person,… …
33anathema — noun /ə.ˈnæ.θɛ.mə/ a) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; denunciation of anything as accursed …
34Anathema — *Excommunication and condemnation, usually of a heretic. The word can also be used to indicate someone damned, e.g. he was anathema . Cf. Excommunication …
35Anathema — Para el vocablo griego, ver Anatema. Anathema es un grupo de doomdeath procedentes del Reino Unido. Es uno de los fundadores del doom junto a My Dying Bride y Paradise Lost …
36anathema — The Greek word is used in Luke 21:5 of gifts in the Temple dedicated to God, but it came to have the opposite meaning of a thing accursed. In Gal. 1:9 Paul says of those preaching a different gospel: ‘Let that one be accursed!’ and this formula… …
37anathema — [16] Originally in Greek anáthēma was a ‘votive offering’ (it was a derivative of the compound verb anatithénai ‘set up, dedicate’, formed from the prefix ana ‘up’ and the verb tithénai ‘place’, source of English theme and related to English do) …
38anathema — 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 …
39anathema — noun a nation viewed as a sponsor of terrorism, which is anathema in the West Syn: an abomination, an outrage, an abhorrence, a disgrace, an evil, a bane, a bugbear, a bête noire; adjectives abhorrent, hateful, repugnant, odious, repellent,… …
40anathema — a•nath•e•ma [[t]əˈnæθ ə mə[/t]] n. pl. mas 1) a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to them[/ex] 2) a person or thing condemned to damnation 3) rel an ecclesiastical curse of excommunication 4) any imprecation of divine… …
