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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) anathema
a person or thing detested or loathed:
That subject is anathema to them.

2.  anathema
a person or thing condemned to damnation.

3.  anathema
an ecclesiastical curse of excommunication.

4.  anathema
any imprecation of divine punishment.

5.  anathema
a curse; execration.

Etymology: (1520–30; < L < Gk

Definition of 'anathema'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) anathema, bete noire
a detested person
"he is an anathema to me"

2. (noun) anathema
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

Definition of 'anathema'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) anathema
a ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed

2. (noun) anathema
an imprecation; a curse; a malediction

3. (noun) anathema
any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority

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