Definition of: anathema

(ə·nath′ə·mə) noun plural ·mas or ·ma·ta (-mətə)
1. A formal ecclesiastical ban or curse, excommunicating a person or damning something, as a book or heresy.
2. Any curse or imprecation.
3. A person or thing excommunicated or damned.
4. A person or thing greatly disliked or detested. See synonyms under IMPRECATION. [ < L < Gk. anathema a thing devoted (to evil) < anatithenai dedicate < ana- up + tithenai set, place]

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