| − | '''Anathema''', is from the Greek word '''άνάθεμα''' ''anathema'', from the Greek '''άνά''' ''ana'' up + '''τιθεμαι''' ''tithemai'' 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. | + | '''Anathema''', is from the Greek word '''άνάθεμα''' ''anathema'', from Greek '''άνάτιθεναι''', from the Greek '''άνά''' ''ana'' up + '''τιθεναι''' ''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]]. | | 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]]. |