Definition of Anathima
A*nath"e*ma (&?;), n.; pl.
Anathemas (&?;). [L. anath&?;ma, fr. Gr. &?;
anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anath&?;ma, 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.
[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
Priestley.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a
malediction.
Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas
of both [families].
Thackeray.
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.
Locke.
Anathema Maranatha (&?;) (see 1 Cor. xvi. 22),
an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of
anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate
sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
- An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
- Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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