Antonyms for anathema
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-nath-uh-muh |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈnæθ ə mə |
Definition of anathema
Origin :- 1520s, "an accursed thing," from Latin anathema "an excommunicated person; the curse of excommunication," from Greek anathema "a thing accursed," originally "a thing devoted," literally "a thing set up (to the gods)," from ana- "up" (see ana-) + tithenai "to place," from PIE root *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious).
- Originally simply a votive offering, by the time it reached Latin the meaning had progressed through "thing devoted to evil," to "thing accursed or damned." Later applied to persons and the Divine Curse. Meaning "formal act or formula of consigning to damnation" is from 1610s.
- Anathema maranatha, taken as an intensified form, is a misreading of the Syriac maran etha "the Lord hath come," which follows anathema in I Cor. xvi:22, but is not connected with it (see Maranatha).
- noun something hated
- noun denouncement
- You will do the anathema--rueful rather than enraged--from the tent opening.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- God commands Moses to devote to anathema the Canaanites of the kingdom of Arad.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- He devotes also to anathema all the nations of the land of Canaan.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- Then he flung a hand out at Rotherby in a gesture of repudiation, of anathema.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- There should be launched upon him the anathema of an outraged people.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- Why was he thus singled out for the anathema of four centuries?
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 » by Various
- Schumann was not understood; Chopin was misunderstood; and Liszt was anathema.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
- He even pronounced his anathema upon any who taught other doctrine.
- Extract from : « A Tour of the Missions » by Augustus Hopkins Strong
- He then knotted the cord of anathema round the daring conspirators.
- Extract from : « Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln » by Charles L. Marson
- And would the bishop, by all that was invokeable, kindly defer his anathema?
- Extract from : « Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln » by Charles L. Marson
Synonyms for anathema
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