Anathema

==English==
===Etymology===
From from from from + . The Ancient Greek term was influenced by Hebrew , leading to the sense of "accursed," especially in Ecclesiastical writers.
===Pronunciation===
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===Noun===
# A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; denunciation of anything as accursed.
# An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
#*2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 30:
#*:That was a curse from which no flight was possible: the anathema of a man who had once known holiness.
# Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
====Derived terms====
* anathematic
* anathematise
* anathematism
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====See also====
* bête noire
===References===
New Advent: The Catholic on-line encyclopedia.
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