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'''Anathema''', is from the Greek word '''άνάθεμα''' ''anathema'', from the Greek '''άνά''' ''ana'' up + '''θεμαι''' ''tithenai'' to set, to place, dedicate (to evil); a thing or person greatly abhorred, detested, cursed as utterly rejected, condemned, '''damned'''. It has both [[Religion|religious]] and [[secular]] meanings.
In religion an anathema is a curse pronounced by the authorized religious or ecclesiastical authority on anything or anyone that is found to be unacceptable, disapproved, rejected, or to be officially [[Excommunication|excommunicated]].
The term is found in the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[New Testament]] in Galatians 1:8-9.
See [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/anathema Anathema (dictionary.com)]
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In religion an anathema is a curse pronounced by the authorized religious or ecclesiastical authority on anything or anyone that is found to be unacceptable, disapproved, rejected, or to be officially [[Excommunication|excommunicated]].
The term is found in the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[New Testament]] in Galatians 1:8-9.
See [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/anathema Anathema (dictionary.com)]
[[category:Dictionary]]
[[category:Religion]]
[[category:Christianity]]
[[category:Bible]]