anathema

Etymology
Borrowed from, itself a borrowing from , from , from +. The Ancient Greek term was influenced by Hebrew, leading to the sense of "accursed," especially in Ecclesiastical writers.

Noun

 * 1)  A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
 * 2)  Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
 * 3)  An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
 * 4)  Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
 * 1)  An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
 * 2)  Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
 * 1)  An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
 * 2)  Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
 * 1)  Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
 * 1)  Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُلاعنة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ана́фема, ана́тэма
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 詛咒
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: anathéma
 * Danish: bandlysning
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: anatemo
 * Estonian: anateem
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ანათემა
 * German: Bannfluch, Bannstrahl, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: アナテマ,
 * Korean: 아나테마,
 * Macedonian: анатема
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ана̀тема
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: anatéma
 * Slovene: anatema
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, ана́тема
 * Vietnamese:, a-na-them
 * Welsh: anathema,


 * Finnish:
 * German: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: пракля́цце
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 詛咒
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: prokletí
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: проклетство
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ана̀тема, прокле́тство
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: prekliatie
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish: pannaan julistettu
 * Galician:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ана̀тема
 * Roman:

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) offering (especially the life of a person)
 * 2) curse
 * 3) excommunication