Anathema (Noun)
Meaning 1
A detested person; "he is an anathema to me".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Her radical ideas were considered an anathema to the conservative government.
- In many societies, the very notion of free thinking has been considered an anathema for centuries.
- As an outcast and an outlaw, Jack McCarty became an anathema to polite society in Dublin.
- John believed that being seen with Jane was an anathema to his fellow office workers due to her reckless behavior.
- George thought his hippie sister, Rachel, with her chaotic life was an anathema to their highly respected parents.
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Meaning 2
A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Inquisitors invoked the highest penalty for heresy, a papal bull issuing an anathema upon the dissenting preacher and any followers he might claim.
- He lived to hear that in May of 1837 his cherished diocese anathematized Unitarians en bloc at an an episcopal Synod and offered several priests either Orthodoxy or perpetual degradation and consequent.
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