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Meaning of 'anathema' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Anathema [ n.]
- A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
- An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
- Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

Meaning of 'anathema' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . anathema [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a detested person
Example in sentence:
  • he is an anathema to me

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