Anathema

Noun

 * 1) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; denunciation of anything as accursed.
 * 2) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
 * 3) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

Adjectives for Anathema
dire; violent; involuntary; incoherent.

Thesaurus
abhorrence; abomination; antipathy; arraignment; aversion; ban; bete noire; blame; blasphemy; bugbear; castigation; censure; commination; condemnation; curse; damnation; decrial; denouncement; denunciation; detestation; evil eye; excommunication; excoriation; execration; flaying; fulmination; fustigation; hate; hex; impeachment; imprecation; indictment; leper; malediction; malison; malocchio; outcast; pariah; peeve; pet peeve; phobia; pillorying; proscription; reprehension; reprobation; reproof; skinning alive; stricture; thundering; untouchable; whammy

Etymology
From anathema: from  ἀνάθεμα: from ἀνατίθημι: from ἀνά: + τίθημι:. The Ancient Greek term was influenced by Hebrew חרם:, leading to the sense of "accursed," especially in Ecclesiastical writers.

Derived terms

 * anathematic
 * anathematise
 * anathematism

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * French: anathème
 * German:, , , Anathema
 * Greek: ανάθεμα
 * Japanese: アナテマ
 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Latin:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: aforoz


 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian:
 * Turkish: lanetleme, lanet


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Noun

 * 1) offering (especially the life of a person)
 * 2) curse
 * 3) excommunication