Word Meanings - ANATHEMA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. 2. An imprecation; a curse; a

Additional info about word: ANATHEMA

1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. 2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both . Thackeray. 3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. Anathema Maranatha Etym: , an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ANATHEMA)

• Curse
• Malediction
• execration
• imprecation
• denunciation
• anathema
• bane
• blight

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ANATHEMA)

• Bless

Related words: (words related to ANATHEMA)

• ANATHEMATISM
  Anathematization. We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.
• BLESSING
  A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
• CURSE
  1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction. Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. Shak. 2. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or
• ANATHEMATIZE
  To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.
• CURSEDLY
  In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested; enormously.
• IMPRECATION
  The act of imprecating, or unvoking evil upon any one; a player that a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley. Syn. -- Malediction; curse; execration; anathema.
• CURSED
  Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable. Let us fly this cursed place. Milton. This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. Dryden.
• MALEDICTION
  A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction. No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow. Syn. -- Cursing; curse; execration; imprecation; denunciation; anathema.
• BLESSEDLY
  Happily; fortunately; joyfully. We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney.
• ANATHEMATIZER
  One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.
• ANATHEMATIC; ANATHEMATICAL
  Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
• CURSER
  One who curses.
• EXECRATION
  1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak. 2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a
• BLESSED
  Beatified. 6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. Not a blessed man came to set her free. R. D. Blackmore. (more info) 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. O, run; prevent them with thy humble
• ANATHEMA
  1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. 2. An imprecation; a curse; a
• DENUNCIATION
  1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. Public . . . denunciation of banns before marriage. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
• BLIGHT
  A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects. 5. pl. (more info) 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a
• BLESSER
  One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
• ANATHEMATIZATION
  The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.
• BLIGHTING
  Causing blight.
• CURBLESS
  Having no curb or restraint.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• RIBLESS
  Having no ribs.
• LIMBLESS
  Destitute of limbs.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• PRECURSE
  A forerunning. Shak.
• CUBLESS
  Having no cubs. Byron.
• SHRUBLESS
  having no shrubs. Byron.
• HERBLESS
  Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.
• UNBLESS
  To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. Shak.