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Anathema logo #10101) Abhorrent thing 2) Abomination 3) Bane 4) Bête noire 5) Boxing, to pacifists 6) Curse 7) Cursed 8) Cursed thing 9) Damned one 10) Despised thing or person 11) Detestation 12) Detested person 13) Detested thing 14) Detested thing or person 15) Disagreeable person 16) Ecclesiastical ban 17) Excommunicatory curse
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Anathema

Anathema logo #10101) Ban 2) Bane 3) Malediction 4) Taboo
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  1. a detested person
  2. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

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Anathema logo #21000 Anathema, a term derived from Greek ἀνάθεμα, which meant `something dedicated` and, in the Septuagint and New Testament, `something dedicated to evil and thus accursed`, has various meanings. == Generic usage == In general usage, the word `anathema` is employed mainly to describe vehement disagreement with or dislike of something. Ex...
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Anathema logo #21002• (n.) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. • (n.) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. • (n.) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
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Anathema logo #21809A tech 2 Amarr covert ops frigate.
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anathema logo #21003(from Greek anatithenai: `to set up,` or `to dedicate`), in the Old Testament, a creature or object set apart for sacrificial offering. Its return ... [1 related articles]
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anathema logo #20688Something that is shunned or cursed. The word is used in the Christian church in excommunication. ...
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anathema logo #20973Origin: L. Anathma, fr. Gr. Anything devoted, esp. To evil, a curse; also L. Anathma, fr. Gr. A votive offering; all fr. To set up as a votive gift, dedicate; up + 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...
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Anathema logo #20972A·nath'e·ma noun ; plural Anathemas [ Latin anath...ma , from Greek ... anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also Latin anath...ma , from Greek ... a votive offering; all from ... to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; ... up + ... to set. See Thesis .] 1.
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Anathema logo #21217Originally an anathema was a gift hung up in a temple (the word comes from the Greek anatithemi, to lay up), and dedicated to some god, a votive offering; but it gradually came to be used for expulsion, curse. The Roman Catholic Church pronounces the sentence of anathema against heretics, schismatics, and all who wilfully pursue a course of conduct...
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Anathema logo #229861) A Greek term referring to a curse in the New Testament. 2) In Catholicism, it refers to an open condemnation against immorality, heresy, or blasphemy by church authorities (Smith and Green 1995
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anathema logo #20400[n] - a detested person 2. [n] - a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
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anathema logo #21009anathema 1. A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication. 2. Someone or something that is greatly disliked or detested and is therefore shunned. 3. Someone or something which is cursed, denounced, or excommunicated by a religious authority. 4. A curse from a religious authority that denounces something or excommunicates someone. ...
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anathema logo #20974 noun a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
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anathema logo #21199a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to him. · a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction. · a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication. · any imprecation of divine punishment. · a curse; execration.
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anathema logo #23665 a detested person
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